The black hole is named LID-568 and was in action when the universe was just 1.5 billion years old. To put that into perspective, the universe is now about 13.8 billion years old.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a ...

World News Astronomers find what may be the universe’s brightest object with a black hole devouring a sun a day The rotating disk around the quasar's black hole — the luminous swirling gas and ...

Astronomers Spot Black Hole Devouring Star on the Other Side of the Universe It's 8.5 billion light years away, so we don't exactly have a front-row seat, but we did catch the start of the show.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a day. The black hole ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a day.

Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a day. The record ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a day.