A stellar dynamical mass measurement of an inactive black hole at redshift 2
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Published in Science · View the paper (DOI)
A team of astronomers used JWST to detect the motion of stars near a galaxy's center affected by a dormant black hole's gravity. The findings suggest that densest galaxies were sites of rapid black hole growth early in cosmic history.
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- JWST measures mass of a dormant black hole from the early universe for the first time Carnegie Institution for Science · Jun 4, 2026 · first to report
- Researchers weigh the most distant dormant black hole University College London · Jun 4, 2026
- HKU-HKIAA astronomer joins international study to weigh inactive black hole seen 10 billion years ago The University of Hong Kong · Jul 7, 2026