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Recent Examples of quasar
The team spotted the distant quasar, an actively feeding supermassive black hole, using observations from the Subaru Telescope.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
Those same atoms, molecules, and/or ions absorb the light from behind them — whether from a quasar, a background galaxy, a star, or from the continuum — revealing those same characteristic quantum transitions.
—Big Think, 19 Nov. 2025
After the detection of hydrogen, astronomers discovered previously unknown types of stars, such as pulsars and quasars.
—Gabriela Radulescu, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
Still, if this is the engine behind all AGN, why do quasars, Seyferts and blazars all appear so different from each other?
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
Those same atoms, molecules, and/or ions absorb the light from behind them — whether from a quasar, a background galaxy, a star, or from the continuum — revealing those same characteristic quantum transitions.
—Big Think, 19 Nov. 2025
After the detection of hydrogen, astronomers discovered previously unknown types of stars, such as pulsars and quasars.
—Gabriela Radulescu, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
Still, if this is the engine behind all AGN, why do quasars, Seyferts and blazars all appear so different from each other?
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quasar
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Energy from this astrophysical engine sets the surrounding ejected gas aglow, souping up the supernova’s luminosity and longevity.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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Some studies have reported finding enough iron-60 in meteorite samples to support the supernova story.—
James Dinneen,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Mar. 2026
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As the pulsar spins, these beams sweep across the cosmos like the beams of light from a lighthouse.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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Christiansen presents and writes on topics ranging from reconciling her love for art and science to her quest to learn more about the pulsar chart on the cover of Joy Division’s album Unknown Pleasures.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
20 Jan. 2026
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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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In that environment, brand voice becomes less a creative nice-to-have and more a performance variable.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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There’s also the Bryce Eldridge variable; if Eldridge begins the season with Triple-A Sacramento, that leaves the Giants with another roster opening and creates an easier path for Encarnacion and Matos to both be on the Opening Day roster.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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However, in 2014, the appearance of this supergiant began to change.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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With it, Venezuela’s transformation to a petroleum supergiant had begun — for better or worse.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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Previously, when a circular orbit had been considered for the progenitor objects beyond this merger, researchers had underestimated the mass of the black hole as being around 9 times the mass of the sun, and the neutron star having a mass of around 2 solar masses.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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When such a star was some 10 to 25 times the mass of our sun, that remnant is usually a neutron star.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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The project timeline The supercomputer’s construction was kicked off after xAI acquired a 1M sq ft warehouse in Memphis, along with adjacent land, forming the physical footprint for the next phase of the supercluster.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Jan. 2026
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Enterprise customers don't need dedicated GPU superclusters at this scale.—
Roomy Khan,
Forbes.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Quasar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quasar. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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