The brightest quasar ever seen in the young cosmos is powered by a black hole that appears to be breaking the universe’s own growth rules. It is devouring matter at a rate that standard physics says ...
A galaxy hosting a quasar in the distant universe, right, jabs another galaxy with its beam of intense radiation as the two bump and collide. Credit: ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / Sergei Balashev / ...