Most distant quasar with powerful radio jets discovered
E-Mail IMAGE: This artists impression shows how the distant quasar P172+18 and its radio jets may have looked. To date (early 2021), this is the most distant quasar with radio jets ever... view more Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser With the help of the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope (ESOs VLT), astronomers have discovered and studied in detail the most distant source of radio emission known to date. The source is a "radio-loud" quasar -- a bright object with powerful j...
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