Meaning of the word quasar in English
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quasar
US /ˈkweɪ.zɑːr/
UK /ˈkweɪ.zɑːr/
Noun
a massive and extremely remote celestial object, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy, and typically having a starlike image in a telescope. It is now thought that quasars are the most distant and luminous objects in the universe.
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Astronomers discovered a new quasar at the edge of the observable universe.
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The light from the distant quasar took billions of years to reach Earth.
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