Infinity Galaxy study hints at a newborn black hole born from a galactic collision
Astronomers using JWST, Keck, the Very Large Array and Chandra X-ray data spotlight the “Infinity Galaxy,” a collision between two galaxies where a central black hole sits between the two cores and shows signs of active feeding. The team argues this could be a direct-collapse black hole formed in situ during the merger about 50 million years ago, potentially growing from a seed of a few hundred thousand solar masses to around a million, offering a rare glimpse of black-hole birth in action.
