The Early Universe Should Be Awash in Active Galaxies, but JWST Isn’t Finding Them
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on August 28, 2023
For decades the most distant objects we could see were quasars. We now know they are powerful active black holes. Active galactic nuclei so distant that they resemble star-like points of light. It tells us that supermassive black holes in the early Universe can be powerful monsters that drive the evolution of their galaxies. We had thought most early supermassive black holes went through such an active phase, but a new study suggests most supermassive black holes don’t.
Most galaxies contain a supermassive black hole. They contain millions or billions of solar masses. They can . . .
