Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. That means studying 3C 273 ...

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 ...

Astronomers have used the unique capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer closer than ever into the throat of an energetic monster black hole powering a quasar. A quasar is a galactic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hubble Space Telescope captures the closest look yet at the host galaxy of a quasar. The Hubble Space Telescope captured some ...

© Hiroki Okino and Kazunori Akiyama; GMVA+ALMA and HSA images: Okino et al.; HST Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA. Active supermassive black holes emit narrow, incredibly ...

Astronomers have reached deeper into the heart of a brilliant cosmic engine than ever before, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to capture a rare, close-up view of a quasar’s core. Quasars are some ...

Observers love looking at distant objects — and the farther, the better. Well, how about an object that’s more than 2 billion light-years away and visible through an 8-inch telescope? 3C 273 is that ...

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 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has stared deeper into a quasar than ever before, discovering "weird" features in its vicinity.