Scientists have unlocked one of the biggest mysteries of quasars – the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe – by discovering that they are ignited by galaxies colliding. An artists' ...

Quasars — the “brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe” — are ignited when galaxies collide. This is the conclusion of a study by an international team of astronomers led from the ...

Researchers from the University of Arizona have spotted a quasar 13.03 billion light-years from Earth. It is the most distant quasar to have ever been discovered, having formed just 670 million years ...

The merger of massive galaxies could be why ultra-massive black holes have formed, according to a new study. Supercomputer simulations were used to shed light on the origin of some of the most massive ...

Quasars, the distant galaxies with active supermassive black holes at their centers, may be linked to the origins of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. Gaze up at the sky on a clear night, far from the ...

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