: a region at the center of a galaxy that produces an extremely large amount of radiation
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Srishti Gupta 7 days ago 0 Space Merging quasars from 900 million years after Big Bang discovered
The Cosmic Dawn period saw the birth of the first stars and galaxies, filling the previously dark universe with light.
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Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2024
Or at least a lot like quasars from more recent periods in the Universe's history.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
Once activated, they are called active galactic nuclei, AGN, or quasars.
—Giuseppina Fabbiano, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2024
Having the tools to shore up your scripts — a better understanding of the nature of quasars, or the wave-particle duality of matter and light — is surely no bad thing.
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
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Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2024
Or at least a lot like quasars from more recent periods in the Universe's history.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
Once activated, they are called active galactic nuclei, AGN, or quasars.
—Giuseppina Fabbiano, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2024
Having the tools to shore up your scripts — a better understanding of the nature of quasars, or the wave-particle duality of matter and light — is surely no bad thing.
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
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quasar
noun
qua·sar
ˈkwā-ˌzär 
also -ˌsär
: any of the very distant starlike heavenly objects that give off very strong blue and ultraviolet light and powerful radio waves
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