Brightest Quasar is Also Most Distant
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
This quasar, ULAS J1120+0641, is the most distant yet found and is seen as it was just 770 million years after the Big Bang. This is by far the brightest object yet discovered in the early Universe. Zoom into an artist impression of the quasar.