“Astronomers Solve 60-Year-Old Quasar Mystery: How They Formed Through Colliding Galaxies”

Astronomers solve 60-year-old quasar mystery. 60 years of mystery, astronomers managed to solve how quasars are formed. Yes, scientists have succeeded in unraveling one of the biggest mysteries of quasars, which are the most powerful objects in the universe.

Scientists found that they were ignited by colliding galaxies. Indeed, there are still so many hidden mysteries in this universe. Quasars are one of them.

Astronomers Solve the Mystery of 60 Year Quasars and How They Formed

The first quasar discovery was 60 years ago. Even though its discovery was 6 decades ago, until now the object is still a mystery.

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As you know, quasars are the most powerful and also the brightest objects in the universe. Now, there is new research that reveals how these quasars can form.

Quasars can shine as bright as 1 trillion stars packed into a volume the size of our Solar System. In the decades since quasars have been under observation, what could trigger their sufficient activity remains a mystery.

Quasars Formed

Astronomers solve the mystery of a 60-year-old quasar and how it formed. According to a recent study in a journal entitled ‘Monthly Noticed by the Royal Astronomical Society’, the brightest objects in the universe can form when galaxies collide.

Scientists under the leadership of the Universities of Sheffield and Hertfordshire conducted an analysis of data from the Isaac Newton Telescope in La Palma.

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Then the scientists discovered what they described as the ‘presence of distorted structures’ in a galaxy that contains quasars.

A scientist from the Department of Physics and Astronomy from the University of Sheffield, namely Clive Tidehunter, said that this quasar is one of the most extreme phenomena in the Universe.

When galaxies collide, the resulting gas will be pushed towards black hole (black hole). The event released a tremendous amount of energy in the form of radiation. So, it can produce a quasar brilliance that is quite special.

Astronomers Solve 60 Years of Quasar Mystery, Scientists Compare with the Mother Galaxy

Then the scientists compared observations of 48 quasars with their host galaxies through images of more than a hundred non-quasar galaxies.

The team further concluded that galaxies that harbor quasars are about 3x more likely to collide or interact with other galaxies.

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Dr Jonny Pierce who is a postdoctoral research fellow from the University of Hertfordshire said this quasar was one of the objects they wanted to study further. Including by scientists from all corners of the world.

The James Webb Space Telescope can help study the earliest galaxies in the Universe. In addition, the Webb Telescope can also detect the presence of light even from the most distant quasars, which are nearly 13 billion years ago.

Astronomers solve a 60-year-old quasar mystery that plays a key role in our understanding of the history of the universe. It might even be the future for the Milky Way. (R10/HR-Online)