A giant nebula in the early universe hits the jackpot when it comes to rare, bright objects known as quasars, boasting four within surprisingly close proximity to one another. The first known quasar ...

The most distant quasar yet spotted sends its light from the universe’s toddler years. The quasar, called J1342+0928, existed when the universe was only 690 million years old, right when the first ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a ...

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A newfound quasar is blasting out the brightest radio emissions ever observed in the early universe, new research reports. Quasars, the brightest objects in the cosmos, are comprised of giant black ...

Hubble astronomers have looked at one of the most distant and brightest quasars in the universe and are surprised by what they did not see — the underlying host galaxy of stars feeding the quasar. The ...