1) Researchers discovered an ultraluminous quasar, SDSS J010013.021280225.8, at a redshift of 6.30, making it the most distant and luminous quasar known.
2) Spectral analysis estimates the black hole at its center has a mass of 1.2 billion solar masses, consistent with an Eddington-limited accretion rate.
3) The quasar has an ionized proximity zone estimated to be 26 million light years across, significantly larger than found for other high-redshift quasars, suggesting its high luminosity.