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Noun: quasi-stellar radio source
  1. 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
    "Astronomers detected a powerful quasi-stellar radio source billions of light-years away";
    - quasar, QSO

Derived forms: quasi-stellar radio sources

Type of: celestial body, heavenly body

Encyclopedia: Quasi-stellar radio source