1 February 2026
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Found: The most distant supermassive black hole ever observed

6 December 2017 Astronomy Now

A team of astronomers have discovered the most-distant supermassive black hole ever observed. It resides in a luminous quasar and its light reaches us from when the Universe was only 5 percent of its current age — just 690 million years after the Big Bang.

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Sun born after the Milky Way’s star-birthing frenzy

9 April 2015 Astronomy Now

Our 5 billion-year-old Sun missed the stellar “baby boom” that erupted in our young Milky Way galaxy 10 billion years ago. During that time the Milky Way was churning out stars 30 times faster than it does today.

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News Headlines

  • Dr Allan Chapman (1946-2026)
    26 January 2026
  • Potentially bright ‘sungrazing’ comet discovered
    16 January 2026
  • Thank you from the editor
    17 December 2025
  • Hubble revisits a cosmic yardstick
    25 October 2025
  • Europe’s planet hunting spacecraft complete and ready for final testing
    21 October 2025

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