Supermassive Black Hole QSO1

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Supermassive Black Hole QSO1
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This is a Webb NIRCam composite image of Abell 2744, also known as Pandora's Cluster. It is located 4 billion light years from Earth in the constellation Sculptor. The three boxes at the top show the little red dot QSO1 that is triply imaged by the cluster's gravity. QSO1 has a size of 1,300 light-years. Its light took 13 billion years to reach us.

QSO1 consists of a supermassive black hole and a gas cloud. It does not have a substantial host galaxy. With a mass of 50 million solar masses, the black hole makes up at least two-thirds of the total mass. This is the first direct measurement of a black hole mass within the first billion years after the Big Bang.

This is a velocity map of the gas cloud with Keplerian motion. Material moving toward us is shown in blue, and material moving away is shown in orange. The gas cloud has a velocity of 20 kilometers (12 miles) per second.

In this diagram of active galactic nucleus mass versus total mass, QSO1 is the red star at the left. It is at the tail of the overmassive black holes. The dotted green lines indicate constant ratios. The solid green line represents the local universe.

QSO1 (artist's impression) with a redshift of 7 cannot have formed from a hierarchical merger of black holes. It could be a primordial black hole (PBH) that formed shortly after the Big Bang. Or it could be a direct collapse black hole (DCBH) from the collapse of a large amount of material.

Astronomers think that little red dots like QSO1 are common in the early universe. Similar objects are currently being analyzed. Supermassive black holes could predate their host galaxies.

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A direct black-hole mass measurement in a little red dot at high redshift
Ignas Juodžbalis, Cosimo Marconcini, Francesco D’Eugenio, et al.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10579-4

Correction to: A black hole in a near pristine galaxy 700 Myr after the big bang
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/549/2/stag975/8695728

Little Red Dot Abell2744-QSO1 (NIRCam Image)
https://science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/little-red-dot-abell2744-qso1-nircam-image/

Little Red Dot Abell2744-QSO1a (NIRCam Image with NIRSpec IFU Velocity Map)
https://science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/little-red-dot-abell2744-qso1a-nircam-image-with-nirspec-ifu-velocity-map/

Webb reveals black hole that formed before its galaxy
https://esawebb.org/news/weic2609/

Scientists Found a Black Hole That Breaks The Rules of Astrophysics
Evan Gough
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-black-hole-that-breaks-the-rules-of-astrophysics

Webb Finds Surprisingly Massive Black Hole in Early Universe
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/webb-surprisingly-massive-black-hole-early-universe-12723.html

Webb reveals black hole that formed before its galaxy
by NASA, edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-webb-reveals-black-hole-galaxy.html

This Supermassive Black Hole is Mysteriously Missing Its Galaxy
Elizabeth Rayne
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/supermassive-black-hole-mysteriously-missing-123000391.html

A Single, ‘Naked’ Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe
Charlie Wood
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-single-naked-black-hole-rewrites-the-history-of-the-universe-20250912/

Wikipedia articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abell_2744-QSO1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abell_2744
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reionization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_red_dot_(astronomical_object)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primordial_black_hole
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_collapse_black_hole

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Black Hole Series

Milky Way's Black Hole Wind
https://imgur.com/gallery/milky-way-s-black-hole-wind-INC7Wpi

Minimum Lifetime of Black Holes
https://imgur.com/gallery/minimum-lifetime-of-black-holes-bORhx9u

Subpopulations of Merging Black Holes
https://imgur.com/gallery/subpopulations-of-merging-black-holes-4kZG94f

Black Holes From Another Universe
https://imgur.com/gallery/black-holes-from-another-universe-4GY7fhZ

Upper Neutrino Mass Limit: New Data From KATRIN
https://imgur.com/gallery/upper-neutrino-mass-limit-new-data-from-katrin-VF3KfiD

Eight Ultramassive Black Holes Discovered
https://imgur.com/gallery/eight-ultramassive-black-holes-discovered-bs5Cj3b

NGC 3783 Supermassive Black Hole With 0.19c Outflow
https://imgur.com/gallery/ngc-3783-supermassive-black-hole-with-0-19c-outflow-mtmZJ7K

Supermassive Dark Star Candidates
https://imgur.com/gallery/supermassive-dark-star-candidates-wqy7YrD

Supermassive Black Hole Growth Siumlation
https://imgur.com/gallery/supermassive-black-hole-growth-simulation-Q9SuYUA

Webb Discovers The Cliff - A Black Hole Star
https://imgur.com/gallery/webb-discovers-cliff-black-hole-star-RoiST05

First Black Hole Trinary Detected
https://imgur.com/gallery/first-black-hole-trinary-detected-fyTyc0n

Rogue Black Hole MaNGA 12772-12704
https://imgur.com/gallery/rogue-black-hole-manga-12772-12704-DeYNxZC

Ultramassive Black Hole in the Cosmic Horseshoe
https://imgur.com/gallery/ultramassive-black-hole-cosmic-horseshoe-AXmwgbF

KM3NeT Detects Black Hole Explosion Candidate
https://imgur.com/gallery/km3net-detects-black-hole-explosion-candidate-UNyRhQc

Webb Finds Oldest Black Hole CAPERS-LRD-z9
https://imgur.com/gallery/webb-finds-oldest-black-hole-capers-lrd-z9-JuFZlj2

OJ 287 Galaxy With Supermassive Black Hole Binary
https://imgur.com/gallery/oj-287-galaxy-with-supermassive-black-hole-binary-rZfI1ZR

Black Hole Merger in the Galactic Center
https://imgur.com/gallery/black-hole-merger-galactic-center-acbv8QR

Stars That Survive a Black Hole Encounter
https://imgur.com/gallery/stars-that-survive-black-hole-encounter-i5GE0hb

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rossonerinho

" ... you mama's ass so big ... "

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SlydFox

The whole time I was listening to the vid, Muse kept playing in the background of my mind.

FatalMushr00m

The universe is amazing, so many beautiful scary things.

1 kly is a kilo-light year = 1,000 light-years

UnitConversionBot

0.19c ≈ 32.3 ° Fahrenheit or 273 Kelvin

19c ≈ 66.2 ° Fahrenheit or 292 Kelvin

iamlamp2

Thought s black hole would look more like a giant vast void, but the fact that's it's evidence of is effects on galaxies is just humbling.

I thought the faint red outline around the galaxies and... I'm done.

TheDaharMaster

I’m just here for Ton618

theSpinnerBoy

I felt bad that QSO1 does not have a substantial host galaxy. Hang in there little super massive black hole! I'm here rooting for you

Subtilico

That was 13 billion years ago, maybe it found some companions in the mean time.

spittleteets

something something OPs mom

Sebastopol140

Came here for this comment.

NoneOfYoBiseniss

Not gonna lie, they had me at the beginning.

theyallwenttoMexico

😊👍

LenneSamunai

https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1eGw3dndybjFtcjEwcXZyMjNnZG12eTl2cjJ0OWo2YXhtazZrb3gzaCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/mlGCsBLl4luyQaOl8w/200w.webp

ItHappenedInThe20thCentury

I know this is about a lot more than gravitational lensing, but I gotta say I **LOVE** that we can see three copies of an object like this. I dunno, it just gives me a sense of wonder at how the universe works.

abrubtopinion

Some guys were just talking about that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDbwGDGr4e0

Yes, gravitational lenses are a great opportunity to look deep into the early universe.

ElbowDeepInUserSub

One of my favorite things that I just recently learned is that due to the nature of the bending of the light, and the vast distances involves, each separate image of an object in a gravitational lens actually took differing amounts of time to reach us. So if we see a supernova in a lens, it may go *poof* *poof* *poof* with several years in between each instance!

Idsertian

Hot damn, that would be dope af to see.

goodness me, I had no idea. Phenomenal :)

Iaimtomisbehave

You'll love this then: (It's one of my favorite things in the sky.)

Neat, but please elaborate! What am I looking at?

Oh sorry, that's the Sombrero Galaxy seen through three different instruments. Discovered by one of your countrymen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombrero_Galaxy .

cool! Thanks :)

RichardPenne

What do people hope to learn that is applicable to our existence (ie it helps people), by studying this?

These phenomena have to do with our existence, for example dark matter, dark energy, nucleosynthesis, supernovae, and galaxy formation. I find it very fascinating.

The thirst for knowledge cannot be quenched by any other means.

We hope to close the gap between Classic and Quantum Physics as they currently don't line up perfectly.

Like most other cutting edge science, we don't actually know what applications will come from studying it and almost always requires advancement in other areas.

Isidor Rabi published his studies of quantum mechanics in 1938, it took another 50 yrs of breakthroughs in material and electrical engineering, computer manufacturing, and other areas before the MRI became a practical application.

Similarly, the algorithms used to process data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) are designed to isolate elusive spacetime ripples (gravitational waves) from immense environmental and quantum noise, identify the cosmic events that caused them, and measure the properties of merging black holes and neutron stars.

These same algorithms are now used today to clean up MRI and CT scans, removing spurious oscillations and grainy artifacts.

You could have just answered "Unified theory". :P

Damn, you much better Sighance Komunicatour xperte

My favorite physics professor taught in what he called Brooklynese and every single person in the class knew exactly what he meant.

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