Questions about quasi-stellar radio sources, active galactic nuclei that are far away and quite old.
Questions tagged [quasars]
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Difference between quasar and Active Galactic Nuclei?
Are there any differences between quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)? As I understand it, they are both caused by extremely luminous electromagnetic emission from material accreting onto a super-massive black hole. If they have the same…
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Can we extract power from quasars?
As they say, "In cosmos near earth but beyond atmosphere there are too much dangerous and powerful radiation frm quasars or gammy burst .,etc". So if there is so much cosmic radiations being emitted, why can't we extract energy from them?
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