Quasars are brightly glowing powerful "engines" of the Universe. Usually they surround black holes and glow when material funnels in. According to Astronomer Maarten Schmidt there are 100 times less quasars now than 10 billion years ago.
Quasars are the unusual type of active galaxy in the universe.
The Universe - 2007 Pulsars and Quasars 4-10 was released on: USA: 27 October 2009
Quasars being most common at a redshift of around 2 means that they were more prevalent in the universe's past. The redshift indicates their distance and age, suggesting that quasars were more abundant when the universe was younger. This redshift value corresponds to a time when many galaxies were undergoing intense star formation and black hole activity, leading to more quasars.
Quasars are not gone; they are still observed in the universe. Quasars are powered by accretion of material onto supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies, which can make them appear as some of the brightest and most powerful objects in the universe. However, the number of observed quasars may be influenced by factors such as the current stage of galaxy evolution or observational limitations.
Quasars typically have large redshifts, which indicate that they are moving away from us at high speeds. This redshift is due to the expansion of the universe and can help astronomers determine the distance and age of quasars.
Yes, quasars are the most luminous objects in the universe.
There are about 12,000 known quasars today. I'm sure that as our telescopes get better, that number will go up. As a guess, I would estimate a lot.
A huge structure of pulsars/quasars which defies the cosmological constant.
No, quasars are not part of the solar system. Quasars are extremely distant and energetic objects located in the far reaches of the universe, millions or billions of light years away from our solar system. They are powered by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.
Quasars are thought to be the centers of distant galaxies where supermassive black holes are actively accreting matter. The intense energy emitted by this process makes quasars some of the brightest objects in the universe. Studying quasars can provide valuable insights into galaxy formation and evolution.
The fact that most quasars are very distant means they were like that when the Universe was quite a bit younger than it is today.
The steady state theory was disproved by observations in the sense that at larger distances, the Universe doesn't look the same as nearby. This means the Universe has changed over time, directly contradicting the main assumption of the steady state theory. - I am not sure to what extent quasars were involved, but quasars do tend to show up more frequently at greater distances, i.e., in the early Universe.