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An artist's concept of a distant galaxy with an active quasar at its center shooting out bright jets of radiation above and below the galactic disc.
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NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)
A quasar emits exceptional amounts of energy generated by matter falling into a supermassive black hole.

The earliest quasars yet observed are shedding light on the infancy of our cosmos

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Physicists Make Discovery in the Quantum Realm by Manipulating Light

UCSB Faculty Member Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

California Scientists Propose System to Vaporize Asteroids That Threaten Earth

UCSB Physicists Make Strides in Understanding Quantum Entanglement
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UCSB Physicist Receives International Acclaim for His Work in Theoretical Physics
Joseph Incandela delivers his historic presentation to the seminar at CERN on July 4, 2012

UCSB's Joseph Incandela Receives Prestigious International Physics Prize

Dark Matter Detector Installed Underground and Submerged; Data Collection to Begin in 2013

Scientists Report ‘New Beginning’ in Split-Brain Research, Using New Analytical Tools

UCSB Physicist Receives Prestigious Packard Fellowship Award

Using A Laser to ‘See’ the Smallest World

International Team of Physicists Makes Discovery About Temperature in Convection

UCSB Scientist Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
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