noun
- a very distant celestial object that emits extremely large amounts of energy and appears star-like
Usage: astronomy
Examples
- The quasar was discovered billions of light-years away from Earth.
- Astronomers use powerful telescopes to study quasars and their properties.
- This quasar is one of the brightest objects ever observed in the universe.
- The light from the quasar took over 10 billion years to reach us.
- Scientists believe quasars are powered by supermassive black holes.
- The quasar’s intense radiation can be detected across vast distances.