Nation Far out: Astronomers discover the oldest, most distant ‘supermassive’ black hole and quasar in the universe January 12, 2021 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Comments Off on Far out: Astronomers discover the oldest, most distant ‘supermassive’ black hole and quasar in the universe The oldest, most distant "supermassive" black hole and quasar in the universe have both been discovered, astronomers announced Tuesday.