The most distant supermassive black hole known to science has been detected by astronomers – and it is more than 13 billion light years from the Earth.
Experts from the University of Arizona say the quasar – which is a form of energetic supermassive black hole – formed when the universe was just 670 million years old.
Quasars occur when the powerful gravity of a supermassive black hole at a galaxy’s core draws in surrounding material that forms an orbiting disk of superheated material around the black hole – releasing tremendous amounts of energy.
Equivalent to the mass of 1.6 billion Suns and more than 1,000 times brighter than our entire Milky Way Galaxy – it grew relatively quickly after the Big Bang.
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