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Rob Archer
Jun 07, 2007
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The most distant black hole ever found is nearly 13 billion light-years away.

The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope spotted the bright burst of light the black hole created as it sucked up nearby gas, heating it and causing it to glow very brightly in what's known as a quasar.

The distance to the quasar, which sits in the constellation Pisces, was determined…

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