Artist's Impression of One of the Most Distant, Oldest, Brightest Quasars Ever Seen (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Artist's Impression of One of the Most Distant, Oldest, Brightest Quasars Ever Seen

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This artist's impression of one of the most distant, oldest, brightest quasars ever seen is hidden behind dust. The quasar dates back to less than one billion years after the big bang. The dust is also hiding the view of the underlying galaxy of stars that the quasar is presumably embedded in.

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Credit: NASA/ESA/G.Bacon, STScI

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