The word quasar comes from the Latin word Quassa, meaning “star”. In fact, the word is used synonymously with many other terms involving stars. The first discovery of quasars was made by the U.S.S. astronomers Edwin Landau and Fred Houghton within the framework of their study of radio astronomy. The name quasar is derived from […]
Category: Quasars
Powered by black holes, quasi-stellar objects are the brightest objects in the universe. Scientists believe they are the key to understanding how the universe began. They are usually very far away – billions of lightyears away – giving us a glimpse of the past (the observed light left its position billions of years ago).