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JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe

The Quanta Podcast

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Searching for Black Holes and Tornado-Hearted Galaxies with the Webb Telescope

This chapter explores the purpose of the Webb Telescope in searching for black holes and studying tornado-hearted galaxies. It discusses the challenges in interpreting observations and the importance of spectra in understanding the early universe. The chapter also highlights the remarkable progress made in studying the chemical composition of extremely distant galaxies and the discovery of hidden black holes in galaxies using data from the telescope.

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