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Graduate student Everett MacArthur and Ohio State astronomers used artificial intelligence to discover several ultra-rare quasar gravitational lenses, unlocking new ways to understand how galaxies and black holes form together. The breakthrough shows how AI can help scientists find cosmic treasures hidden in massive telescope data.
Scientists discovered a quasar from when the universe was just 670 million years old, the oldest ever found. Arizona researchers and telescopes helped spot 31 new quasars that could rewrite our understanding of how massive black holes formed.
Europe's Euclid telescope just discovered more ancient quasars in 12 months than astronomers found in the previous decade. These cosmic beacons from the universe's infancy are revealing secrets about how galaxies like our Milky Way came to exist.