On Feb. 18, 1930, Claude Toumbaugh discovered an astronomical body which was later named Pluto after the Roman god of the underworld by Venetia Burney. In the time preceding Tombaugh’s discovery, astronomers…
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Quasars: The Center of the Galaxy
Quasars are among the brightest bodies in the universe. Only supernovas and gamma-ray bursts rival them in luminosity. Quasars are fueled by supermassive black holes, which are black holes billions of times more massive than our sun.