Astronomers discover an ancient black hole hidden behind a mask of gas

This important evidence could prove the existence of a black hole just 850 million years after the Big Bang

The brightest quasar in the early universe has been discovered

This extremely powerful and young galaxy was magnified, like a lens, by a foreground galaxy

Ordinary matter, or ‘baryons’, make up all physical objects in existence, from stars to the cores of black holes

The supermassive object was observed just 680 million years after the Big Bang

Researchers have confirmed that electromagnetism in a distant galaxy has the same strength as here on Earth

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We find out if our universe came from the high gravity objects known as black holes

A new class of quasar has given a team of astronomers more than they bargained for.

Quasars might be rare, but a team of astronomers have hit the jackpot by uncovering three of these distant objects.

Find out what space phenomenon shines the brightest right here.