Tag: Quasar
This quasar amazes astronomers: “I don’t think we will find another like this”
The black hole called J1144 is about 7 billion light-years away from us. And if it had not been noticed until then, it is because it is outside the regions…
Alma on the trail of the death of galaxies with the first quasar discovered
3C 273 is a star in the field ofastrophysics and some cosmology. Behind this name, which means in the first place that it is the 273e subject of the third…
Quasar: what is it?
Quasars are stars distant, which appear as stars very bright when observed telescopebut which are now known to be examples of so-called active nuclei of galaxies (Active Galactic Nuclei Where…
Record: 2 supermassive black holes are in orbit with an orbital period of only 2 years
Both studies of the precise shape of gravitational waves detected on Earth by Ligo and Virgo that the images of M87* taken by the members of the collaboration Event Horizon…
Black holes hid well behind all types of active galaxy nuclei
I’avalanche of confirmations of the black hole theory continues with a statement from theESO which accompanies a publication in the famous newspaper Nature which can be consulted freely at arXiv.…
Black hole: the unified model of active galactic nuclei confirmed by the VLTI
L’avalanche of confirmations of the black hole theory continues with a statement from theESO which accompanies a publication in the famous newspaper Nature which can be consulted freely at arXiv.…
We had never seen a blazar so close!
At the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 – a blazar, as the researchers call it – there is a supermassive black hole that is emitting powerful jets of matter.…
Surprise! A giant black hole makes stars
Black holes are often perceived as cosmic ogres, destroyers of stars. And yet, observations carried out thanks to the high resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope show that sometimes they…