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Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts and history-making discoverers, and jetting above the clouds.Through 17 ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has peered deeper than ever into a quasar, revealing a bunch of "weird" features in its vicinity. A quasar is a galactic center that glows brightly and is powered by ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled the closest-ever look at a monster black hole devouring its cosmic surroundings.. This supermassive black hole, at the heart of a quasar known as 3C 273 ...
Astronomers have discovered extraordinarily powerful X-ray jets blasting from two supermassive black holes that are so ancient that the jets shine in the afterglow of the Big Bang.
NASA’s Hubble captures a never-before-seen close view of quasar 3C 273, unlocking secrets of black holes and galaxy evolution. (CREDIT: NASA, ESA and J. Olmsted) ...
Astronomers have used the unique capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer closer than ever into the throat of an energetic monster black hole powering a quasar. A quasar is a galactic ...
Here are 8 rare and stunning black hole images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, showing deep space wonders.
Hubble is scheduled for decommissioning in 2026, but that doesn’t mean astronomers will have to give up quasar hunting. One of its successors, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is set to ...
NASA astronomers have confirmed what may be the greatest discovery of the era. They found a significant reservoir of water that was hidden in the cosmos, and that surrounds a quasa ...
What scientists initially predicted was one galaxy is actually at least three, swirling at incredible speeds around a quasar that existed 11.5 billion years ago.
To understand what a quasar is, NASA wants you to picture a region the size of a solar system that pours out 100 to 1,000 times as much light as a galaxy containing a hundred billion stars.