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Astronomers Discover Record-Breaking Quasar Pair in Early Universe • Nov. 11, 2026, 4:13 PM ET (Sci.News)
Supermassive black holes ejected from galactic centers? Quasar survey supports decade-old prediction • Oct. 22, 2026, 12:20 PM ET (Phys.org)

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Also Known As QSO • quasi-stellar radio source

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six quasar host galaxies
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quasar and its companion galaxy colliding
quasar PKS 2349−014
Quasar 3C 273, the brightest and closest of the quasi-stellar radio sources.
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Margaret Burbidge
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Allan Sandage
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Maarten Schmidt
Dutch-American astronomer
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Halton Christian Arp
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