Quasars Flashcards
Shining so brightly that they eclipse the ancient galaxies that contain them, ________ are distant objects powered by black holes a billion times as massive as our sun. These powerful dynamos have fascinated astronomers since their discovery half a century ago.
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quasars
Shining so brightly that they eclipse the ancient galaxies that contain them, quasars are distant objects powered by ___________ a billion times as massive as our sun. These powerful dynamos have fascinated astronomers since their discovery half a century ago.
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black holes
In the 1930s, Karl Jansky, a physicist with Bell Telephone Laboratories, discovered that the static interference on transatlantic phone lines was coming from the __________. By the 1950s, astronomers were using radio telescopes to probe the heavens, and pairing their signals with visible examinations of the heavens.
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Milky Way
In the 1930s, Karl Jansky, a physicist with Bell Telephone Laboratories, discovered that the static interference on transatlantic phone lines was coming from the Milky Way. By the __________s, astronomers were using radio telescopes to probe the heavens, and pairing their signals with visible examinations of the heavens.
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1950s
In the 1930s, Karl Jansky, a physicist with Bell Telephone Laboratories, discovered that the static interference on transatlantic phone lines was coming from the Milky Way. By the 1950s, astronomers were using ___________ to probe the heavens, and pairing their signals with visible examinations of the heavens.
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radio telescopes