Tag: BiRD Black Hole
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James Webb Spots a Ravenous Big Red Dot: BiRD, a Hungry Black Hole from Cosmic Noon
Discovering BiRD: JWST’s Frontier in the Ancient Cosmos The James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled a striking signal from the heart of a distant galaxy, revealing a ravenous supermassive black hole nicknamed BiRD. This discovery places BiRD squarely in the era known to astronomers as cosmic noon, roughly 4 billion years after the Big Bang,…
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James Webb Spots Big Red Dot: BiRD Black Hole at Cosmic Noon
Introduction: A newborn giant in the ancient universe The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a striking signal from the distant universe—a luminous point nicknamed the “big red dot” that researchers identify as a ravenous supermassive black hole named BiRD. This discovery places BiRD in the era known as cosmic noon, a period roughly…