๐จ: Astronomers Just Found the Earliest Flickering Black Hole Ever Seen ๐โซ
An international team of astronomers from MIT, Columbia University, and other institutions has discovered the earliest known flickering quasar, dating back to the universe's "cosmic dawn."
The quasar is powered by a supermassive black hole that existed when the universe was still extremely young. Unlike typical quasars that shine steadily, this one appears to rapidly switch between bright and dim states, revealing a surprisingly dynamic feeding process around the black hole.