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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marcia Dunn

UNBELIEVABLE: Telescopes spy a monster radio jet streaming from a bright and early object in the universe - The Untold Story

Universe-Monster Jet - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years of the universe.

At double the width of our Milky Way galaxy, this jet of radio waves is the biggest ever detected so early in the history of the universe, astronomers reported Thursday.

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