quasarqua‧sar /ˈkweɪzɑː $ -ɑːr/ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINquasar
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1900-2000 quasi-stellarEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- Another team reported finding where all the old quasars have gone.
- Astron will also observe the very distant and powerful quasars.
- Discovered in the early 1960s, quasars at first seemed to be small, bright stars.
- Intense searches have revealed no optical or other signal from the partner, nor does it eclipse the quasar.
- It seems inescapable that two images of a single quasar have been observed.
- Perhaps part of the redshift in quasars and unusual galaxies is not, after all, due to the expanding Universe.
- Recent studies of quasars have identified multiple images produced in this way.
- The quasar pair UM673A and UM673B both have red shifts of 2.72 and are separated by 2.2 arcsec.
THESAURUSin the sky► star
technical an object in space that is similar to a star and that shines very brightly → pulsar a large ball of burning gas in space, which can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky: · The dark night sky was clear and full of stars.
► planet one of the large objects that goes around the Sun, for example the Earth, Saturn, Mercury, or Mars: · The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781.
► sun the star that gives us light and heat, around which the planets move. There are also many millions of other suns in the universe: · The sun came out from behind a cloud.· a dying sun
► moon the round object that moves around the Earth every 28 days, or a similar object that goes around another planet: · The moon rose in the night sky.· Titan is one of the moons of Saturn.
► asteroid a mass of rock that moves around the sun. Most asteroids are found between Jupiter and Mars: · the asteroid belt
► pulsar a type of star that is far away in space and produces radiation and radio waves
► quasar an object like a star that is far away in space and shines extremely brightly
► supernova a very large exploding star
► constellation a group of stars that forms a particular pattern and has a name: · The constellation of Orion is one of the most easily recognizable patterns of stars in the night sky.
► galaxy one of the large groups of stars that make up the universe: · Astronomers have detected a galaxy 11 billion light years away.
► the universe all space, including all the stars and planets: · How many planets in the universe have life?
WORD SETS► Astronomyasteroid, nounastro-, prefixastronaut, nounastronomical, adjectiveastronomy, nounastrophysics, nounAU, aurora borealis, nounBig Bang, the, nounblack hole, nouncelestial, adjectivecomet, nounconstellation, nouncorona, nouncosmic, adjectivecosmic ray, nouncosmology, nouncosmonaut, noundead, adjectiveearth, nouneclipse, nouneclipse, verbecliptic, nounequinox, nounescape velocity, nounextraterrestrial, adjectivegalactic, adjectivegalaxy, noungeostationary orbit, nounHubble Space Telescope, the, infinity, nounintergalactic, adjectiveinterplanetary, adjectiveinterstellar, adjectiveJupiter, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounlight year, nounLittle Bear, lunar, adjectivelunar month, nounmagnitude, nounMars, nounMercury, nounmeteor, nounmeteoric, adjectivemeteorite, nounMilky Way, the, month, nounmoon, nounmorning star, nounNASA, nounnebula, nounNeptune, nounnew moon, nounnova, nounobservatory, nounorbit, verborbit, nounorbiter, nounouter space, nounphase, nounplanet, nounplanetarium, nounplasma, nounPluto, nounquadrant, nounquarter, nounquasar, nounradio telescope, nounring, nounrocket, nounsatellite, nounSaturn, nounsea, nounshooting star, nounsolar, adjectivesolar system, nounspace, nounspace capsule, nounspacecraft, nounspace probe, nounspaceship, nounspace shuttle, nounspace station, nounstar, nounstargazer, nounsteady state theory, nounstellar, adjectivesun, nounsunspot, nounsupernova, nountelescope, nountelescopic, adjectiveterrestrial, adjectiveUranus, nounVenus, nounwane, verbwax, verbwhite dwarf, nounworld, nounzenith, noun