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Re:'Ultramassive' black hole discovered – bigger than the ma... by Arwill on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:31PM (#35361276)
The hypothesis is that these black holes were not created from stars, but exists from right after the big bang.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primordial_black_hole

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Re:'Ultramassive' black hole discovered – bigger than the ma... by PaulHoule on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:17PM (#35361912)
One of the hypotheses. Pop III stars could have gotten pretty big but probably not as big as that one. Hopefully JWST will turn up some direct evidence for them.
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