SMRTR Science & EngineeringMay 27, 2026Ars Technica

"Little red dot" in early Universe is a naked supermassive black hole

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Astronomers discovered QSO1, a supermassive black hole 13 billion light-years away, containing over two-thirds of its surrounding "galaxy's" total mass — making it the most "naked" black hole ever found. With so few surrounding stars, scientists believe it likely formed directly after the Big Bang rather than through stellar mergers.

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