Rapidly growing black hole from early Universe found in Hubble data

An early universe supermassive black hole "precursor," named GNz7q, has been found in archival Hubble Space Telescope data. Credit: Directed by: Bethany Downer and Nico Bartmann Editing: Nico Bartmann Web and technical support: Enciso Systems Written by: Bethany Downer Music: STAN DART - Organic Life Footage and photos: ESA/Hubble, ESA, NASA, STScI