Most distant “angry monster” brightest in early Universe
[Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser] The BBC reports on the discovery of the most distant quasar yet seen, ULAS J1120+0641. An “angry monster” 12.9 billion light-years away – a mere 770 million years after the Big Bang. Before the process of re-ionization was completed. As the BBC report notes The light from ULAS J1120+0641 displays the characteristic signature of neutral gas, indicating that, at 770 million years after the Big Bang, the process of re-ionization had some way to go before the process was …