The water-bound black hole rests at the center of a quasar located more than 12 billion light-years away. The astronomers published their findings in a study featured in Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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Posting the image to X, NASA wrote, "A black hole revealed itself from 600 million light-years away when it ripped apart and swallowed a star. The resulting burst of radiation is the bright dot ...

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