International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld
Seed Black Hole, 100 Million Years after the Big Bang
An artist’s impression of the formation of quasar Pōniuāʻena, starting with a seed black hole, 100 million years after the Big Bang. Astronomers discovered this, the second most distant quasar ever found, using the international Gemini Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), Programs of NSF NOIRLab. It is the first quasar to receive an indigenous Hawaiian name.
