The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most ancient quasars ever found. Two of these giant and dazzling galaxy cores, powered by gargantuan black holes, are the earliest quasars yet observed in cosmic history. They shone with the light of a trillion Suns back when the Universe was 670 million years old – just 5% of its current age.

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    Energy builds up to a point where it can’t be contained, then blows out it through the poles — I guess.

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        I googled it. Both jets exist. The jet that’s pointed away from you is harder to see, because the light particles are literally moving away from you.