Scientists have long believed that the formation of a quasar in a galaxy would spell the end of star formation there. A new analysis suggests that may not be the case. Share on Facebook (opens in a ...

A distant galaxy has been caught in the act of shutting down. The galaxy, called CQ 4479, is still forming plenty of new stars. But it also has an actively feeding supermassive black hole at its ...

Astronomers have found a distant galaxy that has managed to continue making new stars despite the presence of a disruptive "cold quasar" raging at its core. The discovery was made using the airborne ...

image: Using NASA's SOFIA telescope, researchers from the University of Kansas have found CQ 4479, a galaxy which never had been closely studied before, to be generating new stars in spite of the ...

Quasars, the luminous beacons at the centers of distant galaxies, have puzzled astronomers for decades with their dramatic brightness variations. Recent observations suggest that these celestial ...