esahubble_opo9504a January 11th, 1995
Credit: John Bahcall, Institute for Advanced Study, NASA/ESA
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows evidence for a merger between a quasar and a companion galaxy. This surprising result might require theorists to rethink their explanations for the nature of quasars, the most energetic objects in the universe.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9504a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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