JWST and Gemini North Identify Earliest Compact Quasar Pair

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Published: 2026-11-14
Category: science
Source: Tech Explorist
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Astronomers, utilizing the James Webb Space Telescope and Gemini North, have identified the universe's most distant and oldest compact quasar pair, J1602+4228AB. Observed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, this discovery challenges current models of supermassive black hole and galaxy formation in the early universe.

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