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This Quasar eats one Sun a day for breakfast

February 22, 2024 (2 years ago)

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Astrophysicists just spotted the brightest and fastest-growing supermassive black hole — and it turns out, it was hiding in plain sight for decades. Dubbed J0529-4351, the quasar was so bright that it was first dismissed as a star.