New jets seen blasting out of the center of a galaxy

New jets seen blasting out of the center of a galaxy
By Paul M. Sutter

Giant black holes can launch jets that extend for tens of thousand of light-years, blasting clean out of their host galaxies. These jets can last for tens of millions of years. Recently astronomers have spotted the first-ever jet in the process of forming, creating a cavity in the span of only twenty years. Almost every …

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December 1, 2020 at 07:52AM
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