Astronomers have discovered the brightest known object in the universe, a quasar named J0529-4351, using the Very Large Telescope.

The quasar is over 12 billion light-years away and contains a supermassive black hole that is accumulating mass at an extraordinary rate.

This black hole is 17 billion times more massive than our sun and is nearing the theoretical accretion limit, consuming material equivalent to one sun per day.

The discovery of this quasar provides new understanding of the behavior of quasars and black holes in the early universe.

Researchers suggest the existence of other extreme quasars yet to be discovered and plan to continue studying J0529-4351 for further insights.