It's also powered by the hungriest and fastest-growing black hole ever seen — one that consumes the equivalent of over one sun's mass a day. The quasar, J0529-4351, is located so far from Earth ...

Astronomers have discovered a quasar that remained hidden for over the years is the brightest ever, powered by the fastest growing black hole ever discovered that eats a sun every day.

With a mass 17 billion times larger than our sun, ... This illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory this month depicts the record-breaking quasar J059-4351, ...

This quasar has been found to be the most luminous object known in the universe to date. An image shows the region of the sky in which the record-breaking quasar J0529-4351 is situated.

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 sun a day.. The record ...

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 sun a day.. The record ...

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 sun a day. The record ...

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 sun a day. The record ...

To give some idea of the luminosity of a quasar, scientists at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London describe how the nearest quasar, 3C 272, has a luminosity of 2.5 x ...

Star formation has ceased within at least 16 million light-years of the quasar. ... A gas cloud 5,500 times as massive as the sun lurks nearby By Mara Johnson-Groh May 2, 2025.

Black holes don't have many identifying features. They come in one color (black) and one shape (spherical). The main ...

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 sun a day. The record ...