5 incredible images of galactic quasars and black holes captured by NASA James Webb Space Telescope

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Know some facts about galactic quasars and check the images captured by NASA James Webb Space Telescope.

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Quasars are to be one of the brightest objects in the universe and formed as a result of a supermassive black hole.

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They appear as gigantic jets in radio waves and X-rays and they are known as the subclass of active galactic nuclei

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Here are 5 mesmerising images of quasars and  black holes captured by NASA James Webb Space Telescope

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Quasar 3C 273: This image was captured by Hubble’s latest Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).

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Quasar HE 1104-1805: This image showcased that the quasar is gravitationally lensed by a galaxy.

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Galaxy–quasar combinations: It is an image of galaxies containing quasars due to gravitational lensing.

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Markarian 817: This spiral galaxy contains a monster black hole which was captured when it was blasting material in space.

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Quadruple: While it may look like a galaxy with 5 nuclei, however, it is a single, very distant object called a quasar.

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