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Astronomers just detected the oldest and most distant quasar ever – The Next Web
Astronomers find J0313–1806 — the most distant, ancient quasar ever seen. What’s strange is that it shouldn’t exist.

Astronomers find J03131806 the most distant, ancient quasar ever seen. Whats strange is that it shouldnt exist.
An artists concept of J03131806 the oldest quasar ever seen by astronomers. Image credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva.
More than 13 billion light years from Earth, the quasar J03131806 radiates vast quantities of electromagnetic radiation. This body, formed just 670 million years after the Big Bang, is seen shining with 1000 times the total light produced by the Milky Way Galaxy. The…
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