Some deep-sky observers prefer viewing intricate features in emission nebulae or star clusters within the Milky Way. Others seek out faint structures in distant galaxies. Alas, the quasar 3C 273 can’t ...
A Hubble Space Telescope image of the core of quasar 3C 273. A coronagraph on Hubble blocks out the glare coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the quasar. This allows astronomers to ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has stared deeper into a quasar than ever before, discovering "weird" features in its vicinity.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a strikingly detailed view of one of the universe’s most iconic and powerful objects — the quasar 3C 273. This new glimpse into the core of the quasar, ...
A Hubble Space Telescope image of the core of quasar 3C 273. A coronagraph on Hubble blocks out the glare coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the quasar. This allows astronomers to ...