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JWST Measures Mass of Most Distant Quiescent Black Hole Using Orbiting Stars
Key Takeaways
- JWST and gravitational lensing used to measure mass of dormant black hole MRG-M0138.
- Black hole is 6 billion solar masses, located 10 billion light-years away.
- Most distant quiescent black hole ever found, existing when Universe was 3 billion years old.
- Technique uses stellar motions and lensing to weigh invisible black holes.
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