quasar
quasar — 名詞
- quasarsingular
- quasarsplural
1. an intensely bright object at the core of a distant galaxy, powered by a superma
類星體
遙遠星系核心的極亮天體
an intensely bright object at the core of a distant galaxy, powered by a supermassive black hole and giving off enormous amounts of energy, including radio waves and visible light
Dewi learned that a single quasar can outshine its entire host galaxy.
Dewi 學到一顆類星體的光度可以超越它所在的整個星系。
quasar can outshine entire galaxy
The team detected a quasar more than twelve billion light-years from Earth.
研究團隊偵測到一顆距離地球超過一百二十億光年的類星體。
Eli explained how a quasar draws its immense power from a black hole.
Eli 解釋了類星體如何從黑洞汲取巨大的能量。
Astronomers use quasars as distant beacons to map the early universe.
天文學家利用類星體作為遙遠的燈塔來繪製早期宇宙的樣貌。
The quasar in galaxy M87 fires out jets of material at nearly light speed.
M87 星系中的類星體以接近光速噴射出物質噴流。
- quasi-stellar object
the formal, full name from which 'quasar' is shortened; used mainly in older scientific writing
- active galactic nucleus
a broader category; quasars are the most luminous type, but not all active galactic nuclei are quasars