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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/239619/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/239619/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> This galaxy sends a destructive ray at another galaxy <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Benchmarks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Benchmarks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BlackHole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHole</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cosmic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GraphicsCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicsCard</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/interstellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interstellar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LightYears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LightYears</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/netbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netbook</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/notebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notebook</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/processor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>processor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quasar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/reports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reports</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Review</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reviews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/test" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>test</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UltravioletRadiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UltravioletRadiation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universe</span></a></p>
scinexx - das wissensmagazin<p>“Kosmischer Himalaya” erstaunt Astronomen. Elf Quasare bilden dichteste und größte Gruppe aktiver Schwarzer Löcher im Kosmos. <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quasar</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomie</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Kosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kosmos</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/SchwarzeLoecher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchwarzeLoecher</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/cosmicHimalaya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmicHimalaya</span></a><br><a href="https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/kosmischer-himalaya-erstaunt-astronomen/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scinexx.de/news/kosmos/kosmisc</span><span class="invisible">her-himalaya-erstaunt-astronomen/</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/39121/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/39121/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Universe’s Largest Structure Is Even Bigger Than We Expected <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GammaRays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GammaRays</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quasar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stars</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheUniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheUniverse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Jos_B<p>Captured M51, the Wirlpool Galaxy, but also - as I learned later - a <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a> at more than 11 billion lightyears (!) distance. Zoom in to find this faint, tiny dot. <br>Amazing what is possible these days with a modest telescope from my backyard. 🔭<a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>NuSTAR Observations of a Varying-flux <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quasar</span></a> in the Epoch of Reionization: <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad94ee" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iopscience.iop.org/article/10.</span><span class="invisible">3847/2041-8213/ad94ee</span></a> -&gt; Extreme Variability at the Edge of the Universe: <a href="https://www.nustar.caltech.edu/news/nustar250114" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nustar.caltech.edu/news/nustar</span><span class="invisible">250114</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>WFI2033--4723, the First Quadruply-Imaged <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quasar</span></a> Modeled with JWST Imaging: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00099" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2503.00099</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> -&gt; picture: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jwstfeed.bsky.social/post/3ljntmrag4k2y" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/jwstfeed.bsky</span><span class="invisible">.social/post/3ljntmrag4k2y</span></a> pic</p>
Daniel Fischer<p>High-definition imaging of a filamentary connection between a close <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a> pair at z = 3: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02463-w.epdf?sharing_token=ZvWdnmbUf6Q6VVRbk7c9DdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Pm8f5gBltuEwxsONvQO8t6TpbMzVAwAclxgwksbF-u7ex4-Hu026E51N4T_5IwYIdzqGvOusRuDNgFi2zNxtqWw3kgrlj0LRIBpchZAknFitTp-kOS06qh6C9wYuvFwSjFcEDYfzRur3YIBps4TuHP-fcJsaVi625u5VpyBhq7t9Drm32KphRBVH8T0resKQ1x1Rd4gC-bUNUlHY_1mTL5vhhf6xWPJNWgW2vkpUbCZPEXeBecQBQMpAu3SNucTgT9Nz2eRkNcPC5O_nhiy_Ly9NHQ9fAu7vp8j35dc8xEsAcSzoDnjIGaik7rfJmN0wE%3D&amp;tracking_referrer=gizmodo.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41550-024</span><span class="invisible">-02463-w.epdf?sharing_token=ZvWdnmbUf6Q6VVRbk7c9DdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Pm8f5gBltuEwxsONvQO8t6TpbMzVAwAclxgwksbF-u7ex4-Hu026E51N4T_5IwYIdzqGvOusRuDNgFi2zNxtqWw3kgrlj0LRIBpchZAknFitTp-kOS06qh6C9wYuvFwSjFcEDYfzRur3YIBps4TuHP-fcJsaVi625u5VpyBhq7t9Drm32KphRBVH8T0resKQ1x1Rd4gC-bUNUlHY_1mTL5vhhf6xWPJNWgW2vkpUbCZPEXeBecQBQMpAu3SNucTgT9Nz2eRkNcPC5O_nhiy_Ly9NHQ9fAu7vp8j35dc8xEsAcSzoDnjIGaik7rfJmN0wE%3D&amp;tracking_referrer=gizmodo.com</span></a> -&gt; Wicked High-Definition Image of the Cosmic Web Shows the Universe’s Dark Matter Scaffolding: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/wicked-high-definition-image-of-the-cosmic-web-shows-the-universes-dark-matter-scaffolding-2000563536" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/wicked-high-defini</span><span class="invisible">tion-image-of-the-cosmic-web-shows-the-universes-dark-matter-scaffolding-2000563536</span></a> - new data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.</p>
Comics and Jokes @ Lucentinian Works Co Ltd<p>New entry of AI-generated <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> and <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=jokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jokes</span></a> added to our <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>website</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Early" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Early</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universe</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quasar</span></a></p><p><a href="https://comics.lucentinian.com/4066" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">comics.lucentinian.com/4066</a><br><a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=ComedyGold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComedyGold</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Jokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jokes</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=AILaughs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AILaughs</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=VisitUsNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisitUsNow</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=LaughWithAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaughWithAI</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>High-definition imaging of a filamentary connection between a close <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a> pair at z=3: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.17035" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2406.17035</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> -&gt; Researchers capture direct high-definition image of the “Cosmic Web”: <a href="https://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/1109034/news20250129" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mpa-garching.mpg.de/1109034/ne</span><span class="invisible">ws20250129</span></a></p>
pglpm<p>Can any astrophysicist here tell me whether the blue ring in Webb's image of quasar RX&nbsp;J1131-1231 is also coming from the quasar, or whether it's coming from the lensing galaxy in the centre? I'm reading contradictory information about this on the ESA site</p><p><a href="https://esawebb.org/images/potm2406a/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">esawebb.org/images/potm2406a/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gravitationallen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravitationallen</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/webb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webb</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/generalrelativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalrelativity</span></a></p>
Unofficial PetaPixel Bot<p>This Is the Closest Ever Image of a Galaxy-Eating Quasar <a href="https://petapixel.com/2024/12/09/this-is-the-closest-ever-image-of-a-galaxy-eating-quasar/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petapixel.com/2024/12/09/this-</span><span class="invisible">is-the-closest-ever-image-of-a-galaxy-eating-quasar/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/hubblespacetelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hubblespacetelescope</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/blackhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackhole</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/hubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hubble</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>3C 273 Host Galaxy with Hubble Space Telescope <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Coronagraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coronagraphy</span></a>: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.09505" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2402.09505</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> -&gt; NASA's <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Hubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hubble</span></a> Takes the Closest-Ever Look at a <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quasar</span></a>: <a href="https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-024" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hubblesite.org/contents/news-r</span><span class="invisible">eleases/2024/news-2024-024</span></a></p>
Louis Marmet 🇨🇦<p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quasar</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a> <br>"Astronomers detect ancient lonely quasars with murky origins"</p><p>🔗<a href="https://news.mit.edu/2024/astronomers-detect-ancient-lonely-quasars-murky-origins-1017" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mit.edu/2024/astronomers-</span><span class="invisible">detect-ancient-lonely-quasars-murky-origins-1017</span></a></p>
Hans 🙋‍♂️<p>"Eenzame quasars in het vroege heelal stellen astronomen voor een raadsel"</p><p>--&gt; "Een aantal jaar geleden ontdekten astronomen dat deze superzware, schransende zwarte gaten al in het vroege heelal te vinden waren." </p><p>--&gt; "Astronomen hebben [...] een aantal quasars ontdekt die vrijwel alleen door het heelal lijken te dwalen. Dat druist tegen de theorie in."</p><p>(Via <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/newscientist_NL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newscientist_NL</span></a> ) <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/nieuwsbrief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nieuwsbrief</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.newscientist.nl/nieuws/eenzame-quasars-in-het-vroege-heelal-stellen-astronomen-voor-een-raadsel" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newscientist.nl/nieuws/eenzame</span><span class="invisible">-quasars-in-het-vroege-heelal-stellen-astronomen-voor-een-raadsel</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>🪐 A near-Earth microquasar emerges as a source of powerful radiation</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-earth-microquasar-emerges-source-powerful.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-earth-mi</span><span class="invisible">croquasar-emerges-source-powerful.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackholes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a></p>
Marvel Daily Art<p>So Eon recruits Quasar to be the universal protector against an unknown upcoming threat: “The threat will come from space, it will manifest itself on your world, and it will try to slay me to gain the secret of cosmic awareness.” Mysterious and ominous! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/marvel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marvel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a></p>
Marvel Daily Art<p>I did not expect this, but we’re actually getting an explanation for the Power Bands! Eon is tasked with appointing a champion to protect life in the universe against cosmic evil, and that champion is given the Quantum Bands as a symbol and an instrument of power! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/marvel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marvel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a></p>
Pomaranč<p>This is what a Quasar looks like</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a></p>
Cosmic Librarian<p>Put a ring on it...</p><p>James Webb telescope spies bejeweled 'Einstein ring' made of warped quasar light</p><p>New photos from the James Webb Space Telescope show off the bewitching beauty of the warped quasar RX J1131-1231, which is adorned with four bright spots birthed by mind-bending space-time trickery.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JamesWebb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesWebb</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spacetime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacetime</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/james-webb-telescope-spies-bejeweled-einstein-ring-made-of-warped-quasar-light" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/space/cosmolog</span><span class="invisible">y/james-webb-telescope-spies-bejeweled-einstein-ring-made-of-warped-quasar-light</span></a></p>
AkaSci 🛰️<p>Black holes in general tend to rotate very fast, as they try to conserve angular momentum while shrinking in size.</p><p>The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy Sgr A* (4.3 million solar masses!) is spinning with an angular velocity that is ~60% of the max possible value, and with an angular momentum of ~90% of the max possible value.</p><p>Sgr A*'s spin causes the spacetime around it to be squashed down to the shape of a spinning football.</p><p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/telescopes-show-the-milky-ways-black-hole-is-ready-for-a-kick/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/image-article/telesco</span><span class="invisible">pes-show-the-milky-ways-black-hole-is-ready-for-a-kick/</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/quasar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quasar</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Chandra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chandra</span></a><br>5/n</p>
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