 The quasar comes from a time known as "the epoch of reionization", when the universe emerged from its Dark Ages.Extensive amounts of dust and gas have been detected to be released from the quasar into the interstellar medium of its host galaxy.ULAS J1342+0928 has a measured redshift of 7.54, which corresponds to a comoving distance of 29.36 billion light-years from Earth.