Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Surprise! Cold Gas 'Halos' Found Around Brightest Objects in Universe

Surprise! Cold Gas 'Halos' Found Around Brightest Objects in UniverseResearchers examined 19 quasars, or galaxies with very active supermassive black holes at their centers, using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. Quasar black holes eat huge amounts of nearby material, such as gas and stars, very quickly, causing the galaxy centers to blast out large amounts of radiation. This makes quasars the most luminous objects in the universe.


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