What is a quasar?

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A mystery when they were first discovered, we now know these bright objects

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How It Works Magazine

27 February, 2025

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Black holes

Get sucked into an astronomical mystery as we get in a spin with the universe’s heaviest objects.

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A colossal black hole is one of the largest ever seen in the universe

Did you know? The nearest black hole is ...

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The galaxies that shouldn't exist

When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Christmas Day 2021, astronomers hoped it would revolutionise our understanding of the early stages of the Universe. And they were right. Almost a

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Earliest black hole discovered

A supermassive black hole has been discovered that formed when the Universe was just 3 per cent of its current age – around 500 million years after the Big Bang, or 13.3 billion years ago. Found in th

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A guide to exoplanets

How our knowledge of these worlds beyond the Solar System has exploded in the last three decades

BBC Science Focus Magazine

Astronomy from the far side

Astronomers love a challenge. They place their observatories on the highest mountains, in the driest deserts, on the coldest ice shelves, beneath the deepest oceans, in orbit around Earth and the Sun,

The Week Junior: Science + Nature

Black holes

Get sucked into an astronomical mystery as we get in a spin with the universe’s heaviest objects.

How It Works

A colossal black hole is one of the largest ever seen in the universe

Did you know? The nearest black hole is ...

BBC Science Focus Magazine

The galaxies that shouldn't exist

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Earliest black hole discovered

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A guide to exoplanets