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IMAGE: This artist s 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 Observatory s Very Large Telescope (ESO s 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 jets emitting at radio wavelengths that is so far away its light has taken 13 billion years to reach us. The discovery could provide important clues to help astronomers understand the early Universe.