Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Shows
  • Movies
  • SYFY WIRE
  • Schedule
  • More
    • All
    • More
    • Watch Live TV
    • SYFY Insider
    • Shop SYFY
    • Peacock
    • Viewers Voice
    • Advertise With Us
Sign Up / Log In
Manage Profile
Email Preferences
Sign Out
Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content.
Sign Up / Log In
Link your TV provider to stream movies, full episodes, and live TV.
SYFY WIRE

quasar

A huge cloud of hot gas around the quasar H1821+643

Monster black hole spinning at only — 'only' — 60% the speed of light

Spin rate of supermassive black hole found to be less than that of lower mass ones.
By Phil Plait 10 months ago
Quasar

Hubble spies a quintuple quasar… except it's a cosmic mirage

By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Artist drawing of a blazar, a galaxy with a supermassive black hole spewing out energy.  Credit: DESY, Science Communication Lab

In the distant Universe a supermassive black hole eats a sun *a day*

By Phil Plait 2 years ago
A deep Hubble image of the quasar 3C 273 shows it as a blazing point source, almost like any other star. The linear feature to the upper left is a jet of material accelerated by the quasar’s black hole central engine. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

The most distant astronomical object ever seen… in 1962

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

Become a SYFY Insider

Get first access to never-before-seen videos, exclusive interviews, and much more!

Sign Up for Free

SYFY Insider Exclusives

Check out never-before-seen videos, exclusive interviews, and much more!

See Insider Exclusives
  • About
    • Careers
    • Viewer's voice
    • Advertise With Us
    • SYFY App
    • SYFY Store
  • Help
    • FAQ
    • Closed Captioning
    • Shopping Support
    • Sitemap
    • SYFY WIRE RSS
  • Policies
    • Ad Choices
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Privacy Choice
    • CA Notice
    • Terms of Service

Stay Connected

Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram
©2023 SYFY Media, LLC. A Division of NBCUniversal