The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has enabled observations of one of the earliest periods in the evolution of the Universe, a time when early stars emitted sufficient light to ionize hydrogen, which comprised most of the normal matter at that time. One notable discovery is the so-called "little red dots," which have been identified as early versions of supermassive black holes found at the centers of galaxies today. Recent observations using gravitational lensing have confirmed that one of these dots is a supermassive black hole with minimal surrounding galaxy structure.
The specific object identified is Abell 2744−QSO1, which has been magnified and appears three times due to the gravitational lensing effects of a galaxy cluster. Analysis of its spectrum indicates that this black hole existed approximately 700 million years after the Big Bang.