Quasar's spectral lines are:
A) emission lines with large redshifts.
B) a continuum from the synchrotron radiation.
C) fuzzy absorption lines from the merged light of the billions of stars.
D) too complex for any interpretation.
E) nonexistent, the gas so hot as to be totally ionized, so no lines are seen.

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Quasars exhibit emission lines with large redshifts, indicating they are moving away from us at high speeds, which is consistent with their being at great distances in the universe.

Quasar's Spectral Lines Are