Quasar with brightness equivalent to 600 trillion Suns discovered by astronomers0

• TECHNOLOGY
• February 7, 2019

Artist’s impression of the brightest quasar discovered in the early universe. Image: ESA/Hubble/NASA/M. Kornmesser Scientists have spotted the brightest gravitationally lensed quasar ever seen in the universe. The brightness of the quasar is equivalent to about 600 trillion Suns. It is powered by a supermassive black hole, which is several hundred million times more massive