Article states width of 7 ly pertaining to the accretion disk of this monster -- 45,000 AU equivalence seems to be a typo. May be that a zero was dropped. My (possibly incorrect) quick calc gives ...

The team saw, for the first time, near-infrared emission lines in the spectrum of light coming from this quasar's accretion disk. Those lines helped the researchers size this plate-like structure ...

New research suggests that galaxies with quasars at their active hearts are seven times more likely to harbor elusive ...

The light from a quasar is produced by an accretion disk. While accretion disks can form around black holes with masses similar to stars, quasars require a supermassive black hole like the ones ...

The accretion disk is held stable by the outward push of centrifugal force generated by its rotation and the inward force of the black hole’s gravitational influence.

This black hole's accretion disk is 7 light-years wide. ... This particular quasar, J059-4351, is located 12 billion light-years away. Facebook; Flipboard; Email; Read & Listen. Home; News; ...

The universe’s brightest object is a quasar in a distant galaxy that’s powered by the fastest-growing black hole ever recorded, according to a new study.

It’s the fastest-growing black hole ever recorded. Quasar J0529-4351 eats the equivalent of the energy in our sun every single day. It is also roughly 17 billion times bigger than our sun. This ...

The universe’s brightest object is a quasar in a distant galaxy that’s powered by the fastest-growing black hole ever recorded, according to a new study.