How did supermassive black holes get so big so early? There are two main models for that, and JWST just got a huge boost for the one that suggests they can form via a direct collapse of gas clouds. How did the researchers pull the first observations of a potential birth of a SMBH? Finding out in this interview. 👉 [Interview+] SECRET Bonus Part. No YT ads. It's FREEhttps://www.patreon.com/universetoday😍 PROMO -57% OFF your first month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/join-my-patreon-134941769🟣 Guest: Dr. Pieter van Dokkumhttps://physics.yale.edu/people/pieter-van-dokkum📜 The JWST Might Have Found the First Direct-Collapse Black Holehttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-might-have-found-the-first-direct-collapse-black-hole📜 The ∞ Galaxy: A Candidate Direct-collapse Supermassive Black Hole between Two Massive, Ringed Nucleihttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/addcfe📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/JoqjFqakszI📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast