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quasar
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[ˈkweɪzɑː], (Noun)
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- a massive and extremely remote celestial object, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy, and typically having a starlike image in a telescope. It has been suggested that quasars contain massive black holes and may represent a stage in the evolution of some galaxies
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1960s: contraction of quasi-stellar
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