A Quasar with the Brightest Radio Emission Ever Observed in the Early Universe (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

A Quasar with the Brightest Radio Emission Ever Observed in the Early Universe

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This is an artist's conception of a radio jet spewing out fast-moving material from the newly discovered quasar, which formed within the first billion years of the universe's existence.

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Artwork by Robin Dienel, courtesy of Carnegie Institution for Science

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