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'Fastest-feeding' black hole of the early universe found! But does it break the laws of physics?

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The hungriest known black hole in the early universe has been found, thanks to NASA 's JWST and Chandra X-ray Observatory.

The black hole's voracious appetite has allowed it to pile on more than seven million solar masses in just 12 million years .

The early black-hole mass problem has vexed astronomers for years .

LID-568 is the best and clearest example yet found.

LID-568 may be finishing its dinner, but dessert could be just around the corner.

The super-Eddington accretion can be episodic.

The heated gas that has been blown away could cool and fall back onto the black hole.

The new study was published online Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy .