blazars
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pluralof blazar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
blazarnouna type of active galactic nucleus having an extremely bright appearance because of massive jets of radiation directed toward the earth from the disk of dust and gas circling the black hole associated with the galactic nucleus.
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That possibility pushed researchers toward the idea that the particle may have emerged from a large population of blazars rather than from a single dramatic cosmic event.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
The study suggests that high-energy neutrinos of blazars might be produced mainly during the flare phase.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023
These can be quite volatile, such as blazars, which are AGN that shoot out jets of ionized matter traveling at nearly the speed of light.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023
Scientists have long sought to understand how the jets launched from blazars become so luminous and the behavior of the particles in them.
From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2022
The other important component of multimessenger astronomy is the detection of neutrinos, which are emitted alongside electromagnetic radiation from astrophysical objects such as blazars.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 21, 2019