Naked came the quasars ... not! (near infrared telescopes spot quasar host galaxies missed by Hubble Space Telescope)(Astronomy)(Brief Article)

From: Science News | Date: March 9, 1996 | Copyright information

A year ago, astronomers suggested that some of the brilliant beacons of light known as quasars were born naked, without a galaxy to swaddle them (SN: 1/28/95, p. 56). That notion defies conventional wisdom, since quasars are thought to reside in host galaxies that fuel these powerful energy sources. Yet Hubble Space Telescope images of 11 of 15 nearby quasars showed no evidence of host galaxies. Announcing these results last year, John N. Bahcall of the Institute for Advanced Study in...

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