active galactic nucleus
Astronomy
noun
A compact region at the centre of a galaxy which emits an abnormally large amount of radiation in one or more parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Such regions are usually hypothesized to contain supermassive black holes..
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Astrophysical Journal.
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