'Monster' drives cosmic beacon

BBC News by Jonathan Amos | Jun. 30, 2011 (News Report)

Astronomers have spied a monster black hole - the brightest object yet seen in the early Universe.

Detected by a UK telescope in Hawaii, the hole is seen as it was a mere 770 million years after the Big Bang.

This means its light has taken an astonishing 12.9 billion years to reach us here on Earth. Full Story »

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