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Astro Bob blog: Quasars Mysteriously Align Across Billions of Light Years

Quasar. One of the coolest words ever. It's really shorthand for "quasi stellar radio source". Astronomers announced today they've found a spooky alignment in their spins reaching across billions of light years of space.

1306954+Quasar alignments ESO.jpg — This artist's impression shows the mysterious alignments between the spin axes of quasars and the gigantic strands of galaxies they inhabit. These alignments are over billions of light-years and are the largest known in the universe. Credit: ESO

By Robert King

November 19, 2014 at 10:56 AM

Quasar. One of the coolest words ever. It's really shorthand for "quasi stellar radio source". Astronomers announced today they've found a spooky alignment in their spins reaching across billions of light years of space.

By Robert King