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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to detect supermassive black holes at great distances that existed up to 11 billion years ago.

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What
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to detect supermassive black holes at great distances that existed up to 11 billion years ago.
When
Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:20:06 GMT · 1h 45m ago
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Why
To answer questions about how black holes at the centers of galaxies form and grow over time by studying distant, ancient black holes.
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The Roman Space Telescope's ability to detect ancient black holes will provide new data on galaxy formation and black hole evolution in the early universe.

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