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Webb reveals black hole that formed before its galaxy
- May 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Which comes first, the galaxy or the black hole? We don't know, but scientists have long thought it could be the galaxy: Large stars within an existing galaxy consume their fuel and collapse to form black holes, which can gobble up surrounding material and merge over time to form more massive entities.
Originally published at Phys.org