SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged quasars What reionized the Universe, and when? New observations may tell us when the cosmos became transparent. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago Mashup of a galaxy and a quasar evolved into a supermassive black hole Even monsters start out as embryos. By Elizabeth Rayne | 9 months ago Black holes lurk in literal rings of fire If there was an Eye of Sauron in space, it would be a black hole. By Elizabeth Rayne | 12 months ago Quasars could blow open what we still don’t know about the early universe By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago A new way to find gigantic black holes paired up at the dawn of the Universe By Phil Plait | 1 year ago A quasar at the edge of the observable Universe has its radio turned *way* up By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Another record-breaking quasar with a black hole that’s *too* supermassive By Phil Plait | 2 years ago This galaxy is spawning stars too fast for its monster black hole to eat them By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 years ago How do supermassive black holes launch powerful jets of matter? With hot gas and magnetism. By Phil Plait | 2 years ago The 'heartbeat' of a black hole 'heard' in space for the first time ever By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 years ago Load More
What reionized the Universe, and when? New observations may tell us when the cosmos became transparent. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago
Mashup of a galaxy and a quasar evolved into a supermassive black hole Even monsters start out as embryos. By Elizabeth Rayne | 9 months ago
Black holes lurk in literal rings of fire If there was an Eye of Sauron in space, it would be a black hole. By Elizabeth Rayne | 12 months ago
Quasars could blow open what we still don’t know about the early universe By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago
A new way to find gigantic black holes paired up at the dawn of the Universe By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
A quasar at the edge of the observable Universe has its radio turned *way* up By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
Another record-breaking quasar with a black hole that’s *too* supermassive By Phil Plait | 2 years ago
This galaxy is spawning stars too fast for its monster black hole to eat them By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 years ago
How do supermassive black holes launch powerful jets of matter? With hot gas and magnetism. By Phil Plait | 2 years ago
The 'heartbeat' of a black hole 'heard' in space for the first time ever By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 years ago