Breakthrough Discovery: Most Distant Merging Quasars Found 🌌

Using the Gemini North and Subaru Telescopes, astronomers have identified the most distant merging quasars, dating back over 900 million years after the Big Bang. This discovery sheds new light on the early universe and galaxy formation.

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The Gemini North telescope and Subaru Telescope have been used to discover most distant merging quasars yet, "seen over 900 million years after the Big Bang." according to NoirLab.

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Images and Videos: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab)/D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)/M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)/ESA/Hubble/NASA/M. Kornmesser/N. Bartmann (NSF NOIRLab)
Music: Stellardrone - In Time

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