Found in the centre of a galaxy known as, it’s the most distant black hole ever confirmed and a rare glimpse into the cosmic dawn.

The black hole was spotted by an international team of astronomers led by the Cosmic Frontier Center at the University of Texas at Austin, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

“When looking for black holes, this is about as far back as you can practically go,” says Anthony Taylor, a postdoctoral researcher at the centre.