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One might say a quasar is a highly luminous area powered by a particularly massive black hole. Quasars were once mysterious; the general agreement now is that quasars are active galactic nuclei, whose emissions are powered by the supermassive black hole in the galactic center, the area around the black hole including the accretion disk and polar jets being detectable at great distances due to the immense energy these release.
Black holes, by contrast, are not intrinsically luminous; in fact, they earn their name in that they absorb light that falls into them never to be released, and detectable only by their gravitational influence on other bodies, infalling matter, secondary effects, etc.
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Are blackholes and quasars the same thing?
Not entirely - although it is believed that quasars are caused by a gigantic black hole.
Are quasars a higher energy galaxie?
Yes, quasars are galaxies where the central black hole is turned on and consuming material.
Do supermassive black holes swallow quasars?
No, a supermassive black hole is what makes a quasar.
Do all quasars have host galaxies in them?
Quasars do not have galaxies in them, quasars are at the hearts of galaxies. All quasars are located in galaxies, as a quasar involves massive amounts of material falling into a supermassiv black hole. Neither of these can be found outside of a galaxy.
What is the most distant black hole in center of a quasar cal led as?
Quasars have a large black hole, called a "supermassive black hole". The term "supermassive black hole" simply means that it has millions or even billions of solar masses.
Collective bits of matter particles that have gravitational toward centralized black hole are called?
A+ quasars
Collective bits of matter particles that have gravitated toward a centralized black hole are called?
A+ quasars
Do black holes and quasars both have stars?
Each black hole and each quasar is the remnant of a single extinct star.
What is a burst of light from a black hole?
Bursts of light from black holes are the result of the accretion (or "consumption") of matter by black holes. Quasars are an example of this.
What is the relationship between a quasar and a black hole?
It is believed that quasars are most likely caused by supermassive black holes. Matter falling into the black hole would emit the radiation that has been observed.
Are all quasars galaxies?
A quasar is not a galaxy. A quasar is an intense energy source associated with a supermassive black hole that is actively feeding. All quasars are located at the centers of galaxies.
What lies at the center of active galaxies or quasars?
quasars as explained in steven hawkings book "the brief history of the big bang to the black hole" states at the center of are galaxie is a massive black hole thousand of millions times larger then the sun and its gravatational pull is sopposedly the reason why are galaxie is spiraled.
