Noun: quasar 'kwey,zaa(r)
- A very luminous astronomical object observable to very high redshift (and hence distance from us); thought to be associated with an active galactic nucleus where material merges into a supermassive black hole
"Quasars are among the most distant objects we can observe in the universe";
- quasi-stellar radio source, QSO
Derived forms: quasars
Type of: celestial body, heavenly body
Encyclopedia: Quasar, quasar, burning bright