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 find record-breaking black hole that swallows a sun a day The black hole the distant quasar is more than 17 billion times more immense and 500 trillion times brighter than our sun.