Oldest, Most Distant Quasar Just Found

Astronomers have just found the oldest, most distant quasar and black hole, 13.03 billion light-years from Earth. It sheds light on how black holes form. The quasar, dubbed J0313-1806, is only 20 million light-years farther away than its predecessor.

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[johndd]

I wonder what life would be like on a planet that has a quasar in its galaxy?

[marywright]

Our sun is not a ball of burning gas. It has a surface made of condensed matter and has layers of separate elements not unlike the layers of an onion

[stunshiner]

Ardit did a great job editing this video... move along

[tinkmarshino]

oh yeah.. I remember when that one kicked up.. that was back when black holes were still green.. Sheesh Doug Adams and I penciled this all out on a napkin in the restaurant at the end of the universe millennia ago.. Glad to see someone picked it up.. say does that space man know he is being followed?

[seththunder]

How many stars die/ are born each year and do you have any video that explains the different types of stars and how they form? I recently saw a post on Instagram as well about a “zombie star”. Not sure if its true

[sonofcosmos]

About13 billion years old and 13 billion light years away. I thought i should be much farther, coz the universe has been expanding, right? so now it cannot be at the same location at which it was formed. According to what i learnt from the internet, with the redshift of <7, it must be 24-25 billion light years away from us. If i was wrong, can someone please talk me through? I am so eager to know. thank you in advance 🤗