Earliest Flickering Quasar Ever Seen Could Explain Monster Black Holes
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"Earliest Flickering Quasar Ever Seen Could Explain Monster Black Holes" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include ZME Science, Nature, Space and MIT News. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (5)
- The Earliest Flickering Quasar Ever Found Just Revealed a Surprising Black Hole Secret ZME Science · 155d ago
- Discovery of quasar variability and early accretion disk signatures at cosmic dawn Nature · 155d ago
- Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar? Space · 155d ago
- MIT astronomers discover the earliest known flickering quasar MIT News · 155d ago
- Earliest Flickering Quasar Ever Seen Could Explain Monster Black Holes ScienceAlert · 155d ago
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