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

This undated image provided by Caltech, taken by Europe's LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio telescope, shows the longest known pair of black hole jets, as reported Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in the journal Nature. (LOFAR Collaboration/Martijn Oei/Caltech via AP) Martijn Oei/AP NEW YORK (AP) — 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..



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