The Hubble Space Telescope has provided unprecedented close-up views of the quasar 3C 273, revealing distinct structures never before seen. This observation not only sheds light on the quasar itself but also validates a new method for understanding how these powerful galactic objects function.
Using the Hubble Space Telescope , astronomers homed in on a quasar called 3C 273, some 2.5 billion light-years from Earth. It's one of the closest quasars to Earth, and extremely bright, making it a prime target for understanding the forces that illuminate these fascinating galaxies.
of the Côte d'Azur Observatory and Université Côte d'Azur in France."My colleagues are excited because they've never seen this much detail before." The new observations, eight times closer than any obtained previously, revealed never-before-seen details in the structures around the center of the quasar, within a radius of 16,000 light-years.NASA, ESA, Bin Ren/Côte d'Azur ObservatoryThe researchers identified small blobs that may be satellite galaxies or chunks of material in the process of being subsumed by the quasar. They also found a new core jet, and a mysterious L-shaped filament that is yet to be identified.
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