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- A team of astronomers in Australia has discovered a massive quasar, energized by a colossal black hole.
- It surpasses the brightness of our sun by an astonishing 500 trillion times.
- The black hole central to this quasar is has a mass 17 billion times that of our sun.
- It consumes the equivalent of the sun's material every day.
- This voracious consumption powers the quasar's remarkable luminosity, allowing it to be visible.
- Its light is traveling a massive distance of 12 billion years to reach us.
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