Brightest object in the known universe found hiding in plain sight Scott SutherlandMeteorologist, Science Writer Published on Feb. 20, 2024, 3:15 PM Updated on Feb. 21, 2024, 4:00 AM ...

Quasars are the brightest objects in the cosmos. So bright, in fact, that when they were first spotted in the 1950s, they were mistakenly thought to be stars in our own Milky Way.