Astronomers have discovered the brightest object ever observed in the universe. Astronomers discovered a quasar, which is the "brightest of its kind" and the "most luminous object ever observed ...

Astronomers know that if they spot an incredibly luminous quasar, it means a rapidly growing supermassive black hole also is present, and J0529-4351 is the most impressive yet on both counts ...

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New research that was published in the journal Nature Astronomy on Monday lays out the discovery of a distant quasar containing what scientists say is the fastest-growing black hole ever recorded.

It is situated near a supermassive black hole that weighs about 20 billion times more than our Sun. The quasar, APM 08279+5255, emits an extraordinary amount of energy—equivalent to that ...

This artistic visualization shows J0313-1806, the most distant (and therefore earliest) quasar ever found. (Image credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva) A record-breaking quasar While this newfound ...