Our Strange Cosmos
Our Strange Cosmos
Aishwarya Lahari
Episode 9 - Quasars: The Brightest Objects
6 minutes Posted Jun 7, 2020 at 9:28 am.
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One of the most brightest objects in the Universe is a Quasar. Quasars are extremely luminous disks of light and gases generated when dust and gases come too close to a supermassive black hole at the center of galaxies. Powerful jets of light generated above and below this disk can extend many light-years into space.
This episode explores these objects, and how they can help scientists understand the early universe.