Record-Breaking Quasar With Supermassive Black Hole Identified

Recently identified, the brightest known quasar hosts a supermassive black hole that consumes the mass equivalent of one sun daily, spotted 12 billion light years away.

Discovered 2024-02-19T08:02:27.965153-08:00 | 2024-02-19T08:02:27.965153-08:00

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