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What are Quasars
Discovery
Danger
Miscellaneous
BONUS
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Where are Quasars found?
Outer Space
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Who discovered Quasars?
Maarten Schmidt
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Can Quasars emit radio waves?
Yes
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How long do Quasars last?
Quasars can last somewhere between 10 million to a few billion years.
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How big are Quasars?
They can fit 100 billion suns inside them.
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What do Quasars look like?
Quasars have a star like appearance
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How did Maarten Schmidt know this wasn't a star?
He knew this wasn't a star because the characteristic lines with which we identify stars were not at the expected frequency
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Are Quasars any threat to Earth?
No they are to far away
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How do we analyze Quasars?
Reading quasars is done by photographing large areas of the sky through two or three different-colored filters
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What does Quasar stand for?
Quasi Stellar Radio Source
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How are Quasars formed?
Quasars are formed when two large black holes emit gas which then ignites to create a quasar
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How far away was the quasar Maarten Schmidt discovered?
200 million light years away
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Can quasars be a threat in the future?
Scientists are assuming yes but we don't have enough information yet.
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What is spectroscopy?
Spectroscopy pertains to the dispersion of an object's light into its component colors or energies
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How are stars formed?
Stars form from a cloud collapsing resulting in gas and a star
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Did the discovery impact peoples lives?
It gained an important piece of evidence in favor of the Big Bang Theory.
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What do quasars emit?
Energy and sometimes radio waves.
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