Corey S Powell on Nostr: Scientists have to reset their superlatives. A quasar known as J0529-4351 is the most ...
Scientists have to reset their superlatives. A quasar known as J0529-4351 is the most luminous single object in the known universe, emitting as much energy as 500 trillion suns.
It's powered by a supermassive black hole that swallows 300,000 Earth masses of gas *every day*.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2402/ #science #nature #astronomy #space
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