Scientists discover that galactic collisions cause quasars - study

Contrary to previous beliefs that the quasars are formed at the peak of galactic collision, researchers found that they are actually formed during the initial stages of collision.

This artist’s impression shows how ULAS J1120+0641, a very distant quasar powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the Sun, may have looked.

(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

APRIL 28, 2023 02:31

Updated: APRIL 28, 2023 07:46

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Scientists discover that galactic collisions cause quasars - study

Contrary to previous beliefs that the quasars are formed at the peak of galactic collision, researchers found that they are actually formed during the initial stages of collision.

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