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James Webb telescope uncovers 1st-ever 'Einstein zig-zag' hiding in plain sight — and it could help save cosmology
A new JWST study has revealed the true origins of a luminous quasar that has been duplicated six times as its light "zig-zags ...
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A distant quasar’s black hole is oddly huge for its galaxy
The black hole’s mass is over half that of all the stars in the surrounding galaxy, a record for any galaxy hosting a quasar.
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NASA images: 5 incredible Space images by James Webb telescope; from bright galactic quasar to supernova remnant
The supernova remnant has been observed for more ... provides a glimpse of an extremely bright galactic core known as a quasar. The galactic core got its arc like shape with four bright spots ...
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Quasars are the extremely bright nuclei of active galaxies. The powerful glow of a quasar is created by a supermassive black hole which is surrounded by an accretion …
Distant Quasar: Multiple images of a distant quasar are visible in this combined view from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory ...
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James Webb Space Telescope sees lonely supermassive black hole-powered quasars in the early universe
The team found that the surroundings of these quasars, known as "quasar fields," were surprisingly varied. Some were the densely packed environments scientists predict, but others were sparsely ...
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Astronomers Explain What Caused the Largest Cosmic Explosion Ever Seen
It was only last October that telescopes spotted a gamma ray burst—caused by the collapse of a black hole—that was so powerful astronomers quickly dubbed it BOAT, for “Brightest of all Time.” ...
Penguin and the Egg: The distorted spiral galaxy at the centre, the Penguin, and the compact elliptical galaxy at the left, the Egg, are locked in an active embrace. The pa…
From celestial fireworks caused by exploding stars to mesmerizing mosaics of distant nebulae, check out these 7 stunning ...