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Quasars Can Trigger Tsunamis That Tear Across Galaxies And Snuff Out Star Formation
Quasar black holes emit radiation so powerful that they can prevent star formation in the surrounding galaxy, according to a study in the Astrophysical Journal Supplementary Letters.
Curated Video
Quasars: The Brightest Objects in Space
Learn all about quasars, extremely bright objects in outer space powered by black holes. This video explains how they were discovered, their connection to supermassive black holes, and their significance in understanding the early...
NASA
Hubble Detects a Rogue Supermassive Black Hole
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a quasar named 3C 186 that is offset from the center of its galaxy. Astronomers hypothesize that this supermassive black hole was jettisoned from the center of its galaxy by the recoil from...
NASA
NASA | Using Quasars to Measure the Earth: A Brief History of VLBI
VLBI, or Very Long Baseline Interferometry, is a technique that uses multiple radio telescopes to very precisely measure the Earth's orientation. It was originally invented back in the 1960s to take better pictures of quasars, but...
Professor Dave Explains
Quasars and Early Galaxy Formation
One type of object that some astronomers study is called a quasar. When these were first discovered, it was a bit confusing as to precisely what they are, which is why quasar stands for quasi-stellar object, since we thought they looked...
Curated Video
USA: NASA: IMAGES TAKEN BY HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE UNVEILED
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NASA scientists in the United States have unveiled a new series of images taken by the Hubble space telescope - that have offered tantalising glimpses of quasars.
As the scientists have discovered, the new images raise more...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Quasars and Galactive Collisions: Quasar Correction
Sal Khan offers a correction to his Quasar video. [1:45]