Showing posts with label quasar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quasar. Show all posts

Friday, May 27, 2011

Q is for Quasar

Quasars are a "very energetic and distant active galactic nucleus."  Interpret that as you will.  They are among the most luminous objects in the universe.  Aaaaand that's about as much as I understood of the Wikipedia article.