
A James Webb Space Telescope image shows the quasar used in the MIT researchers' study into ancient supermassive black holes. Photo: MIT / Nasa
A James Webb Space Telescope image shows the quasar used in the MIT researchers' study into ancient supermassive black holes. Photo: MIT / Nasa
Ancient black holes grew faster than host galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests
The MIT findings deepen the age-old question of what came first: the galaxy or black hole?