# JWST and ALMA reveal a dusty, rapidly growing black hole in the early universe

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-26T13:20:36+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-jwst-alma-reveal-dusty-rapidly.html
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A new study reveals a dust-reddened quasar from a time when the universe was less than a billion years old. Located at a redshift of 6.5488, the object J1440+0019 contains a rapidly accreting supermassive black hole with a mass of about 1.1 billion suns. The paper was posted to the arXiv preprint server on Oct. 9.

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