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Astronomers Create the Largest-Ever Map of Active Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe

A team of astronomers has developed the largest three-dimensional map of the observable universe to date by cataloging the locations of nearly 1.3 million quasars. Quasars, extraordinarily bright cores of ancient galaxies powered by supermassive black holes, allow scientists to trace the expanding structure of the cosmos across billions of years. The international team, led […]

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First-ever Observation of a Supermassive Black Hole Preventing Star Creation in a Galaxy at the Dawn of the Universe

A quasar is a compact region powered by a supermassive black hole located at the center of a massive galaxy. They are extremely bright, with a pinpoint appearance similar to stars, and are far away from Earth. Due to their distance and brightness, they allow a glimpse into the conditions of the early Universe, when […]