#quasars

A Quasar Portrait Gallery - December 6th, 1997.

These gas emissions are believed to fuel the process of star formation in galaxies but are not yet well understood. Astronomers are interested in learning more about them to improve our understanding of what governs galactic evolution.

This is the purpose of the SUper massive Black hole Winds in the x-rAYS (SUBWAYS) project, an international research effort dedicated to studying quasars using the ESA's XMM-Newton space telescope.

The first results of this project were shared by a group of scholars led by the University of Bologna and the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) in Italy. In the paper that describes their findings, the team presented X-ray spectroscopic data to characterize the properties of UFOs in 22 luminous galaxies.

JWST Spots a Young Cosmic Web

Astronomers from the University of Arizona think they have found a string of galaxies in the early universe that is the youngest example of lined up galaxies, or galaxies that are showing up the vast cosmic web that binds together the universe.

The reason this is important is, it is suspected that these strands and filaments are showing the dark matter that is underlying, an unseen part of the universe that we can detect through it's actions, and not by any of the traditional techniques used for baryonic matter.

The entire structure is 3 million light years long, and anchored by a Quasar.

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I know I don't have a picture of the artwork right now to show a new OC I am making from the show Invincible, but I am currently making the design right now.

Nova Grayson is an adopted daughter of Nolan and Debbie Grayson, as well as Mark and Oliver's older sister. She is presumed to be the last of her kind, which is known as the Quasars. The reason why I have called this species the Quasars is because of their abilities that are quite similar to these astronomical events.

The appearance of the Quasars is that their hair is as white as snow and they can make their body glow with bioluminescence. The Quasars are faster than the Viltrumites, pertaining to a ridiculous amount of speed and are as strong as them.

Here are some examples of how most of Nova's abilities can be described:

Captain Marvel is an example of one of Nova's capabilities such as flight, superhuman strength, stamina, superhuman durability, and longevity, meaning that the Quasars species are known to be immortal like the Viltrumites. Nova is also known to be as strong as the Viltrumites, giving her a fighting chance at combat with them.

Regenerative healing is one of Nova's oldest and greatest capabilities. Her healing factor reacts to her injuries and instantly heals them in six seconds, being a shield since her skin is not protected or as tough as Mark and Nolan's.

Telekinesis is another ability that Nova uses as leverage to fight her enemies, other than having superhuman strength to carry enormous objects. Energy manipulation helps her to manipulate energy, which she uses to create powerful attacks.

A gravitationally lensed quasar looks just like a sparkling piece of jewelry

A newly discovered quasar - J0529-4351 - holds at its heart the universe's fastest-growing black hole. It weighs in at a mass of 17 billion Suns - bigger than many entire galaxies - and it eats more than a star's mass each day.

This quasar is also the most luminous object in the known universe. The matter this black hole consumes collects in the form of an accretion disc that emits so much energy that J0529-4351 shines 500 trillion times brighter than the Sun - thousands of times brighter than our whole galaxy.

This hot accretion disc stretches seven light-years in diameter - the largest in the universe, about 15,000 times the width of our whole Solar System.

J0529-4351 is so far away that its light took over 12 billion years to reach our telescopes, making it one of the earliest quasars.

More info at the European Southern Observatory website: X