Showing posts with label quasars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quasars. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Astronomers find most distant merging quasars yet - YouTube - Space.com - cosmology

Credit:NOIRLab/National Science Foundation/Aura A quasar is an extremely luminous Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN).It is also known as a Quasi-Stellar Object.The emission from an AGN is powered by a supermassive black hole.Quasars emit gigantic amounts of radiation,sometimes more than all radiation from one large galaxy.They are so bright,they can be seen in the far reaches in the universe.This pair of merging quasars date back to only 990 million years after the Big Bang. They were discovered by the combined efforts of the Gemini North Telescope and Subaru Telescope on Mt.Mauna Kea,Hawaii.*Cosmology is the study of the origin and structures of the universe.

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Galaxy ring discovery challenges thinking on universe | BBC News

Cosmology is the study of the origin and structures of the universe.

Friday, January 27, 2023

Einstein's Quantum Riddle | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS - Physics

An experiment was conducted at Roque de los muchachos Observatory,part of the European Northern Observatory,La Palma,Canary Islands,Spain.