JWST's 'overmassive' early black holes may not be so massive after all

Astronomers studying a population of unusually X-ray-silent and overmassive black holes discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope have found that they may not be as massive as they appear.

The new paper, outlining a plausible scenario that would produce such black holes, was published in Astronomy & Astrophysics on June 19. ...