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Astronomers discover some of the most extreme primordial quasars in the universe
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Astronomers discover some of the most extreme primordial quasars in the universe

The European Space Agency's Euclid Space Telescope has just made an incredible discovery - it's found 31 ancient quasars dating back to the earliest days of the universe, some as far back as 13.4 billion years ago. What's really exciting is that 12 of these objects formed in just the first 770 million years after the Big Bang, which tells us something profound about how supermassive black holes grew so rapidly in the cosmos's infancy. Before this, astronomers could only spot the exceptional outliers - the brightest and most obvious ones - but now we're finally seeing typical early-universe quasars and understanding the big picture. This discovery opens up a genuine window into how the first black holes shaped the galaxies around them, solving a puzzle that's fascinated scientists for decades.
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