"Record-breaking Discovery: Oldest and Massive Black Hole Unveiled"

Astronomers have discovered the earliest black hole ever observed, located in a galaxy called UHZ1 just 470 million years after the Big Bang. This supermassive black hole is at a stage of development never seen before, with a similar mass to its host galaxy. The discovery provides key evidence for the direct gravitational collapse model of supermassive black hole formation. The black hole's mass is estimated to be between 10 million and 100 million times that of the Sun, about the same mass as the rest of the stars in the galaxy combined. The findings suggest that some black holes form from massive clouds of gas rather than slow accretion.