Artist's Illustration of a Quasar
A quasar is gas-guzzling supermassive black hole. An artist created this picture to show us how these exotic objects might look up close. The bright jets of energy shooting outwards are bright enough to be seen across most of the Universe.
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Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
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