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A galaxy hosting a quasar in the distant universe, right, jabs another galaxy with its beam of intense radiation as the two bump and collide. Credit: ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / Sergei Balashev / ...

Observations made by Chile's ALMA telescope have revealed a gigantic quasar quenching a galaxy's star formation — a first-of-its-kind observation in the early universe. When you purchase through links ...

Giant quasar and little red dots. A NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam picture of the luminous quasar J1148+5251, an extremely rare active supermassive black hole of 10 billion ...

Accelerating "wind" from black holes may help shape the galaxies surrounding them, a new study suggests. A team of astronomers, including from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of ...

A cluster of eleven quasars on a galactic boundary challenges existing models, prompting a rethink of quasar formation in large-scale cosmic structures. (Nanowerk News) A newly discovered cluster of ...

UK astronomers using the 15-m James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii have discovered enormous quantities of cosmic dust in the most distant quasar yet observed. The quasar, called SDSS J1148+5251 is ...

A quasar is a compact region powered by a supermassive black hole located in the center of a massive galaxy. They are extremely luminous, with a point-like appearance similar to stars, and are ...