"JWST Unveils Oldest Black Hole Merger Ever Detected"
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected the most distant black hole merger yet, occurring just 740 million years after the Big Bang. This discovery of two supermassive black holes merging in the early Universe provides crucial insights into how these massive entities formed and grew so quickly. The findings suggest that mergers played a significant role in the rapid growth of black holes, supporting the theory that both initial large black hole seeds and subsequent mergers contributed to their early development.
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