Cosmic Cloak & Dagger: Quasars Shrouded by Starburst Galaxies
New reserarch has revealed that quasars, the bright centers of galaxies, can be hidden by the very galaxies they inhabit. This contradicts the old belief…
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From Quasars to Black Holes: Spectral Energy Puts Established Theories in Question
Astronomers have discovered that a quasar’s spectral energy distribution isn’t affected by its brightness, challenging traditional theories and emphasizing the role of accretion disk…
Gobbling Galaxies: Black Holes’ Speedy Feast Shocks Scientists
New research reveals that supermassive black holes consume surrounding material faster than previously believed. This insight, derived from high-resolution simulations, could explain why quasars flare…
Ancient Quasars and Massive Dark Matter Halos Reveal Black Hole Secrets
Dark matter turns supermassive black holes into energetic quasars consistently throughout history, with implications for the past evolution of the universe. At the center of…
Peering Into the Cosmic Dawn: Researchers Detect the Host Galaxies of Quasars in the Early Universe
The James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled images that show, for the first time, starlight from two colossal galaxies with actively growing black holes, known…
Gravitational Lensing and Quasars: New Method Measures Galaxy Mass 3 Times More Precisely
A group of scientists from EPFL have discovered a method to utilize the phenomenon of strong gravitational lensing, achieving a precision approximately three times superior…
Unique Quasar Sheds Light on Cosmic Mysteries: The Brightest in 9 Billion Years
Scientists have observed the X-ray emissions of the brightest quasar ever recorded in the past 9 billion years of cosmic history. This quasar, known as…
Cosmic Kaboom: Astronomers Reveal the Largest Explosion Ever Witnessed
Astronomers have discovered the largest cosmic explosion ever observed, AT2021lwx, which is believed to have been caused by a supermassive black hole violently disrupting a…
Igniting Unrivaled Brilliance: Astronomers Solve 60-Year Mystery of Quasars – The Most Powerful Objects in the Universe
Scientists have unlocked one of the biggest mysteries of quasars – the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe – by discovering that they are…
When Galaxies Collide: Twin Quasars Blaze Bright at “Cosmic Noon”
Gemini North Telescope helps confirm nature of cosmic system on the verge of becoming a giant elliptical galaxy. Astronomers using an array of ground- and…
Black Hole Brawl: Astronomers Discover Rare Quasar Pair Ready to Rumble
Astronomers have discovered a rare pair of actively feeding supermassive black holes, or quasars, on the verge of colliding. This unique system, J0749+2255, was found…
Explosive Secret of Massive Quasar: Relativistic Jets Blowing Bubbles in the Teacup Galaxy’s Core
A study led by Anelise Audibert, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), reveals a process that explains the peculiar morphology of…
Unexpected Double Quasar Discovered – Pair of Merging Galaxies Ignite Black Holes on a Collision Course
A Pair of Merging Galaxies Ignite Black Holes on a Collision Course Quasars are among the universe’s brightest fireworks. Scattered all across the sky, they…
Astronomers Discover Rapidly Growing Black Hole in Extreme Galaxy in the Very Early Universe
New Discovery Sheds Light on Very Early Supermassive Black Holes Astronomers from the University of Texas and the University of Arizona have discovered a rapidly…
Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Quasar
What Is a Quasar? A quasar is an extremely active and luminous type of active galactic nucleus (AGN). While all quasars are AGNs, not all…
High Contrast Imaging Reveals Unknown Structure in Galaxy
Astronomers have just discovered an unknown structure in a galaxy that had been hidden in the “shadows.” They accomplished this by extending the dynamic range…
Acceleration of Quasar Outflows at Scale of Tens of Parsecs Discovered for the First Time
Dr. HE Zhicheng and his coworkers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences created a new…
How To Weigh a Quasar: Directly Measuring Masses of Supermassive Black Holes
Testing a new, direct method for determining the masses of supermassive black holes. Astronomers of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have, for the first…