In a first, JWST detected starlight from distant galaxies with quasars
Sizing up these galaxies could help reveal how some black holes got so big so fast
![an illustration of a galaxy with a quasar, shown as a a swirl of blue and pink with a beam bisecting the center against the starry backdrop of space](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/061423_lg_quasar-hosts_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Some distant galaxies host quasars (one illustrated), supermassive black holes that eat so fast they create a bright glow that outshines all of their galaxies’ stars.
NASA, ESA and J. Olmsted/STScI