Our discovery of significantly overmassive black holes at z > 4 detected by JWST is described in this paper:
- Pacucci et al. (2023): JWST CEERS & JADES Active Galaxies at z = 4 − 7 Violate the Local M• − M⋆ Relation at > 3σ: Implications for Low-Mass Black Holes and Seeding Models
This discovery was covered by a press release Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian:
and was featured at a press conference at the 243rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society in New Orleans (LA). You can watch the video of the press conference here:
The press conference featured a beautiful artist impression by Melissa Weiss:
… and a beautiful animation by Timothy Rauch:
The following list contains some of the most noteworthy articles that were written for the occasion:
- Sky & Telescope article by Camille Carlisle
- Big Think in-depth article by Ethan Siegel
- phys.org article