LOS ANGELES -- A team of European astronomers, glimpsing back in time to when the universe was just a youngster, says it has detected the most distant and earliest quasar yet. Light from this brilliant, starlike object took nearly 13 ...
"This quasar is a vital probe of the early Universe. It is a very rare object that will help us to understand how supermassive black holes grew a few hundred million years after the Big Bang," says Stephen Warren, the study's team ...
Brilliant, but Distant: Most Far-Flung Known Quasar Offers Glimpse into Early Universe. - When I read this, I promptly sent off and E-Mail to some friends with whom I often discuss such things with. To wit: ...