Blazar
id:
blazar-173-4893341
title:
Blazar
text:
A blazar is an active galactic nucleus (AGN) with a relativistic jet directed very nearly towards an observer. Relativistic beaming of electromagnetic radiation from the jet makes blazars appear much brighter than they would be if the jet were pointed in a direction away from Earth. Blazars are powerful sources of emission across the electromagnetic spectrum and are observed to be sources of high-energy gamma ray photons. Blazars are highly variable sources, often undergoing rapid and dramatic f
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Very compact quasi-stellar radio source
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazar
date created:
2003-05-18T01:16:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T04:32:49Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/M87_jet.jpg","width":1222,"height":1276}
fields total:
13
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16