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Monster black hole spotted feeding on nearby matter just 1 billion years after the Big Bang (photos)

Astronomers have imaged a feeding black hole-powered quasar at the very edge of the universe, far enough away to appear less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang. The quasar, named SDSS J114816.64+525150.3, is powered by a supermassive black hole with more than 3 billion times the mass of the sun, located in the… Read More »