The Hubble Space Telescope's best image of 3C 273, which is the closest quasar to Earth at a distance of 2.3 billion light years. The quasar is so bright it completely outshines its host galaxy ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has peered deeper than ever before into the heart of the supermassive black hole-powered quasar 3C, 273 spotting "weird" structures.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has peered deeper than ever into a quasar, revealing a bunch of "weird" features in its ...

Outer space amazing facts to know. If two pieces of the same metal touch in space, they will become stuck together. On Earth, if you press two pieces of the same metal against each other, ...

Astronomers first discovered quasars, the brightest and most powerful objects in the universe, 60 years ago. Now, scientists think they have unlocked the mystery behind what ignites these ...

The telescope, a partnership between NASA and the European Space Agency, zoomed in on quasar 3C 273, about 2.5 billion light-years from Earth.

Astronomers witnessed two galaxies engaged in an intense deep-space battle for the first time. Watch the “cosmic joust” in action.