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Scientists detect radio blast coming from further away in space than ever before – The Independent
Scientists have discovered the most distant radio blast ever known.
Scientists have discovered the most distant radio blast ever known.
The blast came from a quasar that is so far away that its light took 13 billion years to arrive at Earth.
That means that the signals detected by scientists are coming from a time when the universe was just 780 million years old.
More distant quasars have been found in the past. But the new one is notable because it is radio-loud it is the first time that radio jets have been able to be detected from such a distant object.
Quasars…
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