00:00Astronomers have discovered something extraordinary in the early universe.
00:04Three actively feeding supermassive black holes inside one distant galaxy.
00:08The galaxy, known as J0148-42214, is more than 12.5 billion light-years away.
00:16Scientists are seeing it, as it appeared just 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang.
00:21The discovery was made using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
00:24Two black holes are located near the galaxy's center, just 620 light-years apart.
00:30A third black hole sits about 5,500 light-years from the center.
00:35Their estimated masses range from 600,000 to 80 million times that of our sun.
00:40Scientists say the two central black holes could eventually merge.
00:44That merger may help explain how massive black holes grew so quickly in the young universe.
00:49Researchers say this is the first evidence of three active black holes in one distant galaxy.
00:54The finding could also offer clues about future gravitational wave discoveries.
00:59Disclosure.
01:00This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.
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