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Apr 29, 2023 5 min

Quasar Origins Explained by Studying Distant Galaxies

from Dare to Know Hosted by David Morton Rintoul

Quasar origins have been a mystery to astrophysicists since they discovered these quasi-stellar radio sources sixty years ago. Find out how a team of researchers discovered that quasars ignite when galaxies collide. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://daretoknow.ca/2023/04/29/quasar-origins-explained-by-studying-distant-galaxies/

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