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Neil Shaw

Beam of light from star 9.6billion miles away spotted by astronomers

Jets of light 100,000 billion times brighter than the sun have been captured by astronomers.

They are coming from a quasar - the most powerful objects in the universe.

The beams are at the centre of a galaxy 9.6 billion light years away - meaning we are seeing them as they were then.

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