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Quasar Discovery Sets New Distance Record

Quasar Discovery Sets New Distance Record

An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant quasar yet found — a cosmic monster more than 13 billion light-years from Earth powered by a supermassive black hole more than 1.6 billion times more massive than the Sun and more than 1,000 times brighter than our entire Milky Way Galaxy.

IMAGE RELEASE: A Blazar In the Early Universe

IMAGE RELEASE: A Blazar In the Early Universe

The supersharp radio “vision” of the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) has revealed previously unseen details in a jet of material ejected at three-quarters the speed of light from the core of a galaxy some 12.8 billion light-years from Earth.

New Partnership Emerges to Battle COVID-19

New Partnership Emerges to Battle COVID-19

Naperville, IL—Today AUI and Radiance Diagnostics signed a memorandum of understanding to provide COVID-19 testing, support, and laboratory administration for the federal, state, and local government and businesses that require research and development assistance.