9/21/2026
Dark Matter · black-holes

Researchers measure the environment where the first supermassive black holes formed

Filed by Dr. Kai Vega
Researchers measure the environment where the first supermassive black holes formed
When the James Webb Space Telescope pointed its powerful instruments toward the early universe, scientists were surprised by what it found. At high-redshift (z) values, corresponding to less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang, astronomers witnessed an abundance of galaxies that hosted what appeared to be the "seeds" of supermassive black holes (SMBHs).
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Dr. Kai Vega
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Researchers measure the environment where the first supermassive black holes formed — Dark Matter