![]() ![]() ![]() The next-furthest quasar, catchily named ULAS J1120+0641, was discovered way back in 2011, and is the only other quasar detected at a redshift greater than 7. But finding objects like these is challenging, and such discoveries can reveal a lot about the early universe. ![]() So why is this interesting? Surely as we look deeper, we’re bound to find more “most distant” objects – it’s just a matter of time. It’s at a redshift z = 7.54: its light has been traveling towards us for 13.1 billion years, from when the universe was only 690 million years old. Today’s astrobite is about a new discovery of the most distant quasar – an incredibly luminous active supermassive black hole – ever observed. With advances in technology and more time dedicated to deep sky surveys, we are able to probe deeper and deeper into the universe. ![]() The Magellan telescopes, at Las Campanas observatory in Chile, where the photometric and spectroscopic followup data was taken. ![]()
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