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James Webb Space Telescope discovers a black hole that formed before its host galaxy. Scientists aren't sure how
The James Webb Space Telescope discovered a black hole that formed before its host galaxy. The black hole, named Little Red Dot Abell2744-QSO1, was observed using the telescope's NIRCam instrument and magnified by the galaxy cluster Abell 2744.
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