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Euclid finds 31 ancient quasars, including the two most distant ever seen

Working on Euclid's early-universe quasar census

The European Space Agency's Euclid telescope found 31 quasars from the universe's first 770 million years. Two of them are the most distant ever confirmed. Both were already radiating as brightly as a trillion Suns when the cosmos was 670 million years old, about 5% of its present age.

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This finding more than doubles the number of quasars we know of that are so ancient.

from Euclid finds 31 ancient quasars, including the two most distant ever seen · Updated 1 hour ago

The Euclid team has taken a true 'census' of quasars at the dawn of the Universe for the first time.

from Euclid finds 31 ancient quasars, including the two most distant ever seen · Updated 1 hour ago