07 April 2021
Astronomers find a rare pair of double quasars in the early Universe
... the light emitted from entire galaxies. Known as active galactic nuclei (AGN), these incredibly energetic objects feed with such ferocity,...are larger in extent than their host galaxy. This type of AGN is known as a quasar, a term short for a “...
29 February 2016
Missing matter still lost, as Fast Radio Burst not quite what it seems say researchers
...obtained via WMAP to search for the missing matter in galactic disks and halos. This research led by Evan Keane...that the observed radio emission is instead due to Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) activity and that the emission and host galaxy the signals ...
22 February 2021
Not stars, but 25,000 supermassive black holes!
...de Gasperin and collaborators also hope to probe distant galaxies and quasars, to help understand how aspects of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) work, to study the magnetosphere of exoplanets and to provide insights into the large-scale structure of the...
