Artist Impression: Video of Quasar (VIDEO)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

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This artist's impression shows how J043947.08+163415.7, a very distant quasar powered by a supermassive black hole, may look close up. This object is by far the brightest quasar yet discovered in the early Universe.

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ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser

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