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Astronomers Found The Oldest, Most Distant Black Hole (BH), Formed ~13.3B Yrs Ago In Galaxy (G) CAPERS-LRD-z9. The BH Is ~300M× Our Sun’s Mass & ~10× Milky Way’s BH. The G, In The “Little Red Dots” Class, Is Compact, Bright, And Red; With Red Color Cause Unclear. Both BH & G, Found Via JWST Spectroscopy, Offer Clues To Early G/BH Evolution.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/black-hole-scientists-dawn-universe-first-days-space-capers-lrd-z9-rcna223694

The giant black hole is the oldest one found so far, and was likely formed more than 13 billion years ago, researchers say.