J0313-1806 is the most distant quasar ever observed (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

J0313-1806 is the most distant quasar ever observed

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An international team of astronomers have discovered the most distant quasar in the Universe, fully formed around 670 million years after the Big Bang.

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Artist illustration: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva

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