![On the left of this image is an illustration of an orange and red swirling disk with a black spot in its center, inside a hazy blue cloud of gas. On the right are two images: An x-ray image showing two hazy blue spots, and an optical image showing multiple bright orange objects.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/black_seed_images_1920x1200.jpg-jpeg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
NASA Telescopes Find Clues For How Giant Black Holes Formed So Quickly.jpg
This illustration represents the best evidence to date that the direct collapse of a gas cloud produced supermassive black holes in the early Universe. Researchers combined data from NASA’s Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer telescopes to make this discovery.
Credits: NASA/CXC/STScI
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