Compass and scale image
Quasars are the brilliant beacons of light that are powered by black holes feasting on captured material, and in the process, heating some of the matter to millions of degrees. The brightest quasars reside in galaxies distorted by collisions with other galaxies.
Credit:NASA, ESA/Hubble, and K. Schawinski (Yale University)
About the Image
About the Object
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar |
Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |