Detailed in a study to be published in the latest edition of the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, the discovery almost doubles the number
of ancient quasars previously discovered.
But until now, conclusive results have been limited by the very small sample size
of ancient quasars.»
But having more examples
of ancient quasars will help experts to figure out what happened in those first billion years after the Big Bang,» the Carnegie Institution said in the statement.
But there will also undoubtedly be shocks, like the sighting
of ancient quasars and the discovery of cannibal galaxies — and that is what really motivates the people who run the hardest - working telescope in the world.
Not exact matches
The question is, Which channel created the bulk
of the bright
ancient quasars that astronomers see?
Because
of their relative brightness, high - energy gamma and x-ray
quasars have become important probes for astronomers studying distant reaches
of the universe and its
ancient past.
This era
of reionization, when the first condensed sources
of matter were formed, is what scientists hope to study using these
ancient quasars.