Quasars

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  Hubble Captures Closest View of Quasar 3C 273, Revealing Mysterious Structures

  The Hubble Space Telescope has provided an unprecedented view of quasar 3C 273, one of the brightest objects in the universe, unveiling mysterious features near its core. These include an L-shaped structure and blobs, likely smaller galaxies feeding the quasar’s black hole. The discovery also highlights a massive jet spanning 300,000 light-years ...

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  Hubble Offers Closest Look at Quasar 3C 273, Reveal Hidden Structures

  NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured unprecedented views of quasar 3C 273, located 2.5 billion light-years away. Using the STIS coronagraph, researchers uncovered unusual structures around the black hole, including an extragalactic jet and a mysterious L-shaped filament. The findings hint at galaxy interactions fuelling the quasar’s activ...

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  James Webb Space Telescope Finds First Evidence of Einstein Zig-Zag Phenomenon In a Distant Quasar

  Data from the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the first-ever Einstein zig-zag, where light from quasar J1721+8842 bends through two distinct warped space-time regions. Six mirrored images of the quasar and a faint Einstein ring confirm this rare lensing effect. Scientists believe this discovery could help resolve critical issues in cosmolog...

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  James Webb Space Telescope Spots Massive Black Hole With Half the Mass of Its Surrounding Galaxy

  A groundbreaking discovery has been made with the identification of a remarkably massive black hole in the quasar ULAS J1120+0641. This black hole, with a mass of 1.4 billion solar masses, constitutes nearly half of the total mass of its host galaxy. Observations were made using the James Webb Space Telescope, which provided unprecedented detail in...

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  JWST Spots Isolated Supermassive Black Hole-Powered Quasars in the Early Universe

  A team using the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered supermassive black hole-powered quasars in unexpectedly isolated environments. These lonely quasars, some of the earliest in the universe, present a mystery as they lack the dense surroundings that current theories suggest are needed for black hole growth. This discovery is pushing scientis...

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  Astronomers Discover Object 500 Trillion Times Brighter Than The Sun

  Quasars are the extremely bright cores of galaxies, powered by supermassive black holes at their centres.

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  James Webb Telescope Spots A Jewelled Ring In The Cosmos

  The quasar, known as RX J1131-1231, resides an incredible 6 billion light-years from Earth.

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  An Ocean In Space? Here's Why This News Is Viral Again

  Astronomers have rediscovered the significance of an extraordinary finding from over a decade ago: the largest and farthest reservoir of water in the universe, dating back 12 billion years.

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  Brightest Known Object In The Universe Was Hiding In Plain Sight For Decades: Study

  The object was hiding in plain sight for several decades before it was discovered.

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  Aamir Khan's Son Junaid To Portray A Transwoman In A Play: Report

  Junaid Khan made his debut in theatre with director Quasar Thakore Padamsee's adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children

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  Time Appeared To Run Five Times Slow In The Early Universe, Say Study

  The study said just over a billion years after the Big Bang, time appeared to flow five times slower.

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  A Galaxy Swarm Was Discovered by Astronomers Orbiting A Hyperluminous Galaxy

  The observation offers crucial hints as to how extremely luminous galaxies develop and transform into intense quasars.

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  Supermassive Black Holes Formed in Rare Regions of Gas Behind the Earliest Quasars: Study

  Scientists have determined one of the biggest mysteries in recent astrophysics – the formation of quasars in the early universe. These cosmic entities were first spotted in 2003. A team of researchers has found out that these primordial quasars naturally formed in chaotic conditions of rare gas reservoirs of the early universe.

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  Fastest-Growing Black Hole in the Universe, 7,000 Times Brighter Than the Entire Milky Way

  Scientists have discovered the fastest-growing black hole in the last 9 billion years. The black hole, which sends multi-wavelength light blazing across the universe, shines 7,000 times brighter than the entire Milky Way galaxy. Due to this, it is also known as a quasar.

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  Cosmic Dawn of Our Universe Ended 1.1 Billion Years After Big Bang, New Study Reveals

  Analyzing light from some distant objects in space, a team of astronomers have presented a clearer picture of one of the key events in the formation of our universe. It turned out that the cosmic dawn ended a lot later than the astronomers had thought.