Futurism

Bizarre “Infinity Galaxy” Could Hold the Secrets of Supermassive Black Holes

Astronomers using data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a spectacular cosmic object they’re calling the “Infinity Galaxy.” The site of an epic head-on collision between two ...
Yale Environment 360

To ‘Infinity’ and beyond — a look at a newborn black hole

Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the “Infinity” galaxy — two recently-collided galaxies that, together, look like the symbol for ...
Phys.org

To 'infinity' and beyond: Direct evidence of black hole birth found in galaxy named 'Infinity'

Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" galaxy—two recently-collided galaxies that, together, look like the symbol for ...
IFLScience

Newly Discovered “Infinity Galaxy” Might Explain How Supermassive Black Hole Came To Be

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
Astronomy

Webb Telescope discovers possible direct collapse black hole in galaxy collision

Researchers Pieter van Dokkum of Yale University and Gabriel Brammer of the University of Copenhagen have uncovered a remarkable cosmic system in archival data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s ...