Gaia researchers found that some of the objects we see in the skies around us aren’t simply stars, even though they look like them. They are actually very distant lensed quasars – extremely bright, energetic galactic cores powered by black holes. The researchers present 381 solid candidates for lensed quasars, including 50 deemed highly likely: The largest set of candidates ever released at once. (Image credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC,)
Gaia researchers found that some of the objects we see in the skies around us aren’t simply stars, even though they look like them. They are actually very distant lensed quasars – extremely bright, energetic galactic cores powered by black holes. The researchers present 381 solid candidates for lensed quasars, including 50 deemed highly likely: The largest set of candidates ever released at once. (Image credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC,)