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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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‘Galileo, the Universe, and God:’ UCSB Science and Humanities Faculty to Discuss Legacy of Galileo and his Astronomical Discoveries

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara Make Discovery in Quantum Mechanics

Experiments at UCSB Push Quantum Mechanics to Higher Levels

UCSB Researchers Describe Breakthrough in the Quantum Control of Light

UCSB Physics Major Receives Prestigious Winston Churchill Scholarship

UCSB Researchers Make Milestone Discovery in Quantum Mechanics

UCSB Physicist and Spouse Establish Endowed Chair Experimental Physics

Higher Efficiency Organic Solar Cell Created by UCSB Nobel Laureate and Research Team

NIST-UCSB Scientists Entice Superconducting Devices

UCSB Physicist David Awschalom Wins American Physical Society's Buckley Prize

KITP Director David Gross Wins Nobel Prize in Physics

UCSB Physicist Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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