Friday, April 19, 2024

#AtoZChallenge – Q is for Quasar

February 19, 2024 – The brightest known object in the universe is identified as a quasar, 500 trillion times brighter than the sun, powered by a supermassive black hole.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-discover-the-brightest-known-object-in-the-universe-shining-500-trillion-times-as-bright-as-the-sun-180983815/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/20/astronomers-discover-universes-brightest-object-a-quasar-powered-by-a-black-hole-that-eats-a-sun-a-day

Did you get it right?

Here’s the teaser for letter R. Remember, it’s an event from 2023 or the first 3 months of 2024. Comment on something related to the answer without giving the exact answer. Let’s play!




2 comments:

  1. Years ago I was qualified to use an XRF. The active part was stored in a container almost like that, with the Lead secondary containment; the writing was in English, though.

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    1. If I used the photo with the English writing it wouldn't be that difficult to figure out!

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