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Wed Sep 18, 2024, 07:29 PM Sep 18

Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy.

The jets shooting hot plasma are the largest ever spotted – about as long as 140 Milky Way galaxies lined up end-to-end.

“This one has managed to reach a size that’s so big,” said Eileen Meyer, who studies black holes at University of Maryland, Baltimore County and who was not involved in the study.

The discovery, made using images from a European radio telescope, was reported Wednesday in the journal Nature.

https://apnews.com/article/supermassive-black-hole-jet-plasma-66f40762fa2bb367aa7c91f1dbc24ee5

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Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 18 OP
When the universe turned 50, it threw a bash. DJ Porkchop Sep 18 #1
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