An exceptionally hungry black hole from the dawn of the universe is growing at 13 times the cosmic 'speed limit', experts say. There, they spotted something unexpected – a supermassive black hole that already weighed 440 million solar masses. Gas accretes onto the central black hole, forming an accretion disk and jetsThe team, from Waseda University and Tohoku University in Japan, used the Subaru Telescope to analyse the black hole. This unexpected combination suggests scientists still have more to learn about the mechanisms of early black hole growth, the team said. 'The observations provide fresh insight into how supermassive black holes may have grown so quickly in the Universe's early days.'

Source: The Star February 23, 2026 23:58 UTC