Ep. 23 Quasars and Blazars

HD and the Void by HD

Mar 19, 201816:54Technology

Hear an overview of two of the major types of active galaxies: quasars and blazars! I discuss the history of the study of quasars as well as where we're going with future studies of these extragalactic objects.

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