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Astronomers find what may be the universe's brightest object with a black hole devouring a sun a day

Astronomers have discovered the brightest object in the universe, a quasar, 500 trillion times brighter than the sun, with a black hole growing rapidly.
Observations by telescopes in Australia and Chile confirmed the identity of the quasar, first mistaken for a star in a 1980 sky survey.
Research on the powerful quasar, consuming mass at an incredible rate, is published in Nature Astronomy, with more observations needed for further understanding.

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BBC News

Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected

Astronomers report an object that shines with a brightness equivalent to 500 trillion suns.

5 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Astronomers discover universe’s brightest object – a quasar powered by a black hole that eats a sun a day

Light from the celestial object, which is 500tn times brighter than our sun, travelled for more than 12bn years to reach EarthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe brightest known object in the universe, a quasar 500tn times brighter than our sun, was “hiding in plain sight”, researchers say.Australian scientists spotted a quasar powered by the fastest g…

5 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Astronomers find what may be the universe's brightest object with a black hole devouring a sun a day

Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a day.

5 months ago·Canada

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The Independent

Scientists find what might be the brightest object in existence

Astronomers believe they might have found the brightest object in existence.

5 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Astronomers find what may be the universe's brightest object with a black hole devouring a sun a day

Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe. The record-breaking quasar has a black hole at its heart that's so big and growing so fast that

5 months ago·United States

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Daily Mirror

Object 500 trillion times brighter than the Sun discovered at core of distant galaxy

Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have characterised a bright quasar, finding it to be not only the brightest of its kind, but also the most luminous object ever observed

5 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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