James Webb Space Telescope observations of early-universe objects reveal black holes forming before their host galaxies, challenging decades of cosmological theory. The discovery prompts astronomers to reconsider models of black hole and galaxy formation in the universe's first billion years.
Space Daily · Saturday, 27 June 2026
The old classroom version of galaxy formation had an appealing order to it. First came the galaxy: gas cooled, stars formed, structure assembled. Then the black hole at the centre grew with it. JWST has made that sequence harder to treat as the default story …
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