Space Sciences

A super-Eddington-accreting black hole ~1.5 Gyr after the Big Bang observed with JWST

H. Suh, J. Scharwächter, et al.

Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered LID-568, a fascinating low-mass black hole at redshift z ≈ 4. This black hole is not only small but is also accreting at a staggering 4,000% of the Eddington limit, exhibiting incredible super-Eddington behavior. The authors present crucial insights into rapid black hole growth mechanisms in the early universe.