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This Is the Brightest Early ­niverse Object Ever Seen


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Distant quasar P352-15

Artist's conception of distant quasar P352-15, with a disk of material orbiting the black hole and a jet of fast-moving particles ejected into space.

Credit: Robin Dienel/Carnegie Institute for Science

A galaxy spinning around a hungry supermassive black hole that's guzzling down matter and shooting out plasma jets has grabbed the attention of astronomers 13 billion light-years away.

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