"Unprecedented Quasar Illuminates Cosmic Enigmas: A 9 Billion-Year Brilliance"

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"Unprecedented Quasar Illuminates Cosmic Enigmas: A 9 Billion-Year Brilliance"
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Scientists have discovered the brightest quasar ever recorded in the past 9 billion years of cosmic history. Known as J1144, this quasar provides new insights into the inner workings of quasars and their interaction with the surrounding cosmos. Situated approximately 9.6 billion light years away, J1144 shines with a brightness 100,000 billion times greater than the Sun. The study, led by Dr. Elias Kammoun and Zsofi Igo, used data from multiple observatories to measure the temperature of the X-rays emitted by the quasar and found that the black hole at its center has a mass of around 10 billion times that of the Sun. The observations also revealed that the quasar exhibits unusual variability and powerful winds, injecting large amounts of energy into its host galaxy.

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