Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters · View the paper (DOI)
The International Gemini Observatory and Subaru Telescope have discovered the most distant pair of merging quasars, seen only 900 million years after the Big Bang. The team used follow-up spectroscopy to confirm the nature of the quasar pair and their host galaxies.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- International Gemini Observatory and Subaru combine forces to discover first ever pair of merging quasars at cosmic dawn Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) · Jun 17, 2024 · first to report
- Earliest twin quasars irradiated young universe Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe · Jun 17, 2024