{
  "id": 1549275,
  "title": "In a First, Astronomers May Have Spotted a Galaxy in the Early Universe With Three Behemoth Black Holes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/in-a-first-astronomers-may-have-spotted-a-galaxy-in-the-early",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T19:13:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-a-first-astronomers-may-have-spotted-a-galaxy-in-the-early-universe-with-three-behemoth-black-holes-180989344/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The galaxy’s light took about 12.5 billion years to reach the James Webb Space Telescope, meaning the instrument saw the black holes a little more than one billion years after the Big Bang. Two of the black holes seemed on track to merge, illustrating how the objects grow",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}