Astronomers have discovered an extremely massive black hole from a time when the Universe was less than 900 million years old. The result provides insight into the growth of black holes and galaxies in the young Universe. See Letter p.512
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Venemans, B. A giant in the young Universe. Nature 518, 490–491 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/518490b
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