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Supermassive black hole 3C 273 is the first object identified as a quasar

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Supermassive black hole 3C 273 is the first object to be identified as a quasar.

It weighs 886 million times the mass of the Sun and is 2.5 billion light-years away.

Scientists used the Hubble telescope to observe the jet of material leaving the surroundings of the black hole at almost the speed of light.

The team hopes to follow up these observations with JWST , which could provide more details.