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quasar.

An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.

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noun/ˈkweɪ.zɑː/UK/ˈkweɪ.zɑɹ/US
  1. An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.

Where this word comes from

Blend of quasi- + stellar, from quasi-stellar radio source. Coined by American astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu in 1964 in an article in Physics Today. By surface analysis, quasi- + -ar.

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