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... only 0.7% of the mass being converted to energy in fusion reactions within typical stars. Quasars are believed to emit relativistic jets from their rotational poles, like their smaller cousins the pulsars . In 1979 quasars were used to confirm Einstein 's theory of relativity, by observations of gravitational lensing effects as the quasar light traveled to the Earth. While at first it was ...
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