A quasar breaks the record for most distant supermassive black hole

The discovery deepens a mystery over how black holes grew so big so early in the universe

A quasar illustrated as a bright white, yellow and orange disk of swirling material on a black background.

Close up, a quasar might look like this artist’s illustration. From Earth, these distant beasts appear as bright points of light.

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