What is the distance to the farthest known quasar from earth?

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Chiara G.
Nov 18, 2015

12.9 billion light years

Explanation:

European astronomers recently found the furthest quasar, which was 12.9 billion light years away from earth and it is named ULAS J1120+0641.
This quasar was found in 2011 and scientists used ESO’s Very Large Telescope to find it.

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