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This Chandra press release discusses the Chandra X-ray image of quasar 3C 273. A powerful jet of energy is seen coming from the quasar, very fast at first and slowing down rapidly, like a "cosmic traffic pile-up." The page contains images of the quasar and briefly discusses its history of discovery.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10658">Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Chandra Observes Cosmic Traffic Pile-Up In Energetic Quasar Jet. Cambridge: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, March 24, 2008.</a>
![]() (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, 2000), WWW Document, (https://chandra.harvard.edu/press/00_releases/press_110600_3c273.html).
![]() Chandra Observes Cosmic Traffic Pile-Up In Energetic Quasar Jet (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, 2000), <https://chandra.harvard.edu/press/00_releases/press_110600_3c273.html>.
![]() Chandra Observes Cosmic Traffic Pile-Up In Energetic Quasar Jet. (2008, March 24). Retrieved March 19, 2025, from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: https://chandra.harvard.edu/press/00_releases/press_110600_3c273.html
![]() Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Chandra Observes Cosmic Traffic Pile-Up In Energetic Quasar Jet. Cambridge: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, March 24, 2008. https://chandra.harvard.edu/press/00_releases/press_110600_3c273.html (accessed 19 March 2025).
![]() Chandra Observes Cosmic Traffic Pile-Up In Energetic Quasar Jet. Cambridge: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2000. 24 Mar. 2008. 19 Mar. 2025 <https://chandra.harvard.edu/press/00_releases/press_110600_3c273.html>.
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Title = {Chandra Observes Cosmic Traffic Pile-Up In Energetic Quasar Jet},
Publisher = {Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {19 March 2025},
Month = {March 24, 2008},
Year = {2000}
}
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