Q&A: Galaxies, Galaxy Clusters, AGN, and Quasars

Q:
In the past has there been a news item that addressed the speed of distant quasars in relation to closer objects nearer to Earth?

A:
Chandra has observed many distant quasars, and one in particular may be interesting to you, 3C273. It is moving away from us at the incredibly fast speed of one-tenth of the speed of light.

More information on 3C273 may be found at the Field Guide to X-ray Sources: Quasar 3C273:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/3c273/index.html

A more general field guide on quasars and active galaxies may also prove interesting:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/quasars.html