2021 Top Discoveries: Quasar Discovery Sets New Distance Record

Quasars are brilliant objects powered by supermassive black holes. They are often seen at the edge of the observable universe. Early this year the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) discovered the most distant quasar ever, powered by a black hole 1.6 billion times more massive than the Sun.
Writing and narration provided by Phil Plait at ‪@Syfy‬
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