File:Quasar Lies in Core of Colliding Galaxy (1994-16-151).jpg

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This Hubble Space Telescope image (right) reveals the faint host galaxy that a bright quasar dwells within.

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English: This Hubble Space Telescope image (right) reveals the faint host galaxy that a bright quasar dwells within. The wealth of new detail in this picture helps solve a three-decade old mystery about the true nature of quasars, the most distant and energetic objects in the universe.
Date 26 April 1994 (upload date)
Source Quasar Lies in Core of Colliding Galaxy
Author Dr. John Hutchings, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory,

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