Marvel fans wish to find out who Quasar is and whether he’ll appear in MCU’s The Marvels. Is he strong enough to defeat Captain Marvel? Here’s all you need to know. In the comics, Wendell Vaughn ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Despite the vastness of space, galaxies are still colliding, merging ...

They may have merged and evolved into a mega black hole inside one of the biggest galaxies in the cosmos. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Quasars, the brightest objects in the cosmos, could act as cosmic signposts, directing astronomers to elusive pairs of supermassive black holes. New research suggests that quasars — the luminous ...

Stephanie LaMassa did a double take. She was staring at two images on her computer screen, both of the same object — except they looked nothing alike. The first image, captured in 2000 with the Sloan ...

Supermassive black holes appear to be present at the center of every galaxy, going back to some of the earliest galaxies in the Universe. And we have no idea how they got there. It shouldn't be ...

Observations confirm astronomers' expectation that early-Universe quasars formed in regions of space densely populated with companion galaxies. DECam's exceptionally wide field of view and special ...

These cosmic powerhouses are some of the most luminous and energetic objects in the universe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Quasars occur when supermassive black holes gobble up an incredible amount of gas. Observations and general wisdom suggested that a galaxy needed a lot of neighbors to deliver that much gas to a ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — For the first time, astronomers have detected starlight from distant galaxies that host extremely bright supermassive black holes called quasars. “Ever since the discovery of ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures the closest look yet at the host galaxy of a quasar. Credit: NASA / ESA / Bin Ren / Joseph DePasquale The Hubble Space Telescope captured some weird, unidentified ...

In astronomy, there is a term called the "active galactic nucleus," which refers to the fact that some of the black holes that are strongly theorized to lie at the center of all galaxies are sending ...