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The oldest known black hole in the cosmos has been found by an international team led by the University of Cambridge with help from NASA.
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The black hole's age of more than 13 billion years was discovered through the use of the James Webb Space Telescope.
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This finding calls into question accepted beliefs regarding the genesis and expansion of black holes.
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The black hole defies predicted growth tendencies for such cosmic entities because it has a mass several million times that of the Sun.
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This suggests that black holes may be "born big" or may be absorbing stuff at hitherto unheard-of speeds.
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The rapid expansion of this ancient black hole was probably fueled in large part by early galaxies that were gas-rich.
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It is thought that this black hole's high matter consumption is stunting the growth of GN-z11, the galaxy it is hosting.
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This significant discovery has been made possible by the increased capabilities of the JWST.
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Even older black holes might be discovered by JWST observations in the future, adding to our growing knowledge of the cosmos.
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