The object, named J0742+2704, is classified as a quasar, a type of active galaxy with jets so brilliant that they outshine the rest of the galaxy, causing it to resemble a point-like star in images.

"At first, I thought I completely messed up during our research," Olivia Achenbach of the United States Naval Academy told reporters on Monday (Jan. 13) at the 245th meeting of the American ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years of the universe. NASA’s 2 stuck ...

Kavli IPMU researchers are part of an international team that has found dark matter dominating the halos of two supermassive ...

A Yale-led team of astronomers has detected an intensely brightening and dimming quasar that may help explain how some objects in the early universe grew at a highly accelerated rate. The ...

NuSTAR Observations of a Varying-flux Quasar in the Epoch of Reionization. The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 2025; 979 (1): L6 DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad94ee Cite This Page : ...

The new era of nuclear power generation greater than the force of the Sun has arrived and is ready for deployment. For the ...