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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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LUX experiment

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The winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, Francois Englert, left, and Peter Higgs.

US Scientists Celebrate Nobel Prize for Higgs Discovery

Researchers Make Headway in Quantum Information Transfer

New Book by UCSB Physics Scholar Explores the History of Solar Energy

Feeding Galaxy Caught in Distant Searchlight by International Research Team
Douglas Scalapino, UCSB professor of physics.

UC Santa Barbara Physics Professor to Receive Eugene Feenberg Medal

Astronomer Uncovers The Hidden Identity Of An Exoplanet

Dusty Surprise Around Black Hole Found By Physics Postdoctoral Fellow

Use of Laser Light Yields Versatile Manipulation of a Quantum Bit

UCSB Ranked No. 2 in the World in Leiden Ranking of Top 500 Universities
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