NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a strikingly detailed view of one of the universe’s most iconic and powerful ...

3C 273, like many other quasars, is powered by a supermassive black hole at its core, surrounded by swirling gas and dust that emit tremendous amounts of energy as they are pulled into the black ...

Astronomers have reached deeper into the heart of a brilliant cosmic engine than ever before, using NASA’s Hubble Space ...

This image from Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is likely the best of ancient and brilliant quasar 3C 273, which resides in a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation of ...

Hubble dimmed quasar 3C 273’s glare to reveal ghostly blobs and filaments near its core—evidence of galaxy cannibalism and ...

Black holes and quasars are some of the most mysterious entities in the cosmos. Check out these 7 stunning images of black holes and quasars captured by NASA.