Active Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Active Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time

Caption

This graphic shows detections of the most distant active supermassive black holes currently known in the universe. They were identified by a range of telescopes, both in space and on the ground. Three were recently identified by in the James Webb Space Telescope’s Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey.

Credit

Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI) Download the full-resolution, uncompressed version and supporting visuals from the Space Telescope Science Institute. Additional data from the CEERS survey available at STISci's website. https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-114

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