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Recent Examples of quasar
As such, quasars are among the most powerful beacons astronomers can use to probe distant regions of the universe.
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Stars burn like celestial nuclear fusion reactors, quasars emit thousands of times the luminosity of the Milky Way galaxy, and asteroids slam into planets.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 June 2025
Related article Largest celestial object of its kind discovered in the distant universe
Highly dynamic, luminous quasars are rare, according to NASA.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
Since both quasars and galaxy mergers happened far more often in the Universe’s first few billion years, the astronomers essentially had to look back in time to see them.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2025
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Stars burn like celestial nuclear fusion reactors, quasars emit thousands of times the luminosity of the Milky Way galaxy, and asteroids slam into planets.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 June 2025
Related article Largest celestial object of its kind discovered in the distant universe
Highly dynamic, luminous quasars are rare, according to NASA.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
Since both quasars and galaxy mergers happened far more often in the Universe’s first few billion years, the astronomers essentially had to look back in time to see them.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quasar
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The Lynx play with unshakable swagger and intense focus, from supernova Collier to sharpshooting Kayla McBride to the tenacious Stud Budz.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Sure, other fates are possible, like direct collapse to a black hole or explosions through the pair-instability mechanism, but a core-collapse supernova (also known as a type II supernova) represents the fate of the majority of the most massive stars ever to be born.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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The characteristics of the supernova's hot gas, combined with the motion of the pulsar, allowed the team to determine the age of the system and its distance more precisely.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Instead of the familiar pulsing heartbeat of a typical pulsar, this source emitted a steady radio signal, unusually compact and highly polarized.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Aug. 2025
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Even though novas are exceptionally bright, supernovas are brighter—reaching billions of times brighter than the sun at their peak.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 July 2025
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Recorded live at the Lincoln Center, the band plays a bossa-nova take on the song while Gaga sings solo, wearing one of Cher’s own wigs.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Meta's first supercluster, called Prometheus, is slated to go live in 2026.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 July 2025
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Zuckerberg said Meta’s first supercluster is called Prometheus, and that the company is building several other multi-gigawatt clusters.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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Skywatchers on Saturday night will be treated to the gorgeous sight of a waxing crescent moon close to Antares, an unmistakably bright red supergiant star shining in the south.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Its mass is between 10 and 15 times the mass of our sun; again, typical for a red supergiant.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Computations weren't merely limited to simple figures, though; the Cat also allowed users to store the result of a computation to a variable and reference that variable in other computations.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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That definitely plays a little bit of a variable into it.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the 10 years since then, scientists have detected hundreds of black holes coming together, as well as other extreme cosmic events like neutron stars colliding and black holes merging with a neutron star.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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In this kind of system, scientists theorize that the black hole tears the neutron star apart before swallowing it, which releases electromagnetic waves.—
Chad Hanna,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Quasar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quasar. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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