Observations of a nearby pulsar wind nebula reveal a radio jet feature with a helical magnetic field inside
Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed high-resolution observations of a nearby ...
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Astronomers discover the largest celestial object of its kind in the distant universe
Astronomers have discovered an enormous radio jet from the early universe, extending over 200,000 light-years and powered by a supermassive black hole. This finding reveals that early black holes ...
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Black holes spew out powerful jets that span millions of light-years – we’re trying to understand their whole life cycle
There is a supermassive black hole at the center of nearly every big galaxy—including ours, the Milky Way (it’s called ...
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Black holes spew out powerful jets that span millions of light-years. We're trying to understand their whole life cycle
Some radio galaxies' jets reach nearly 16 million light-years. (That's almost six times the distance between the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy.) The largest jet discovered spans nearly 22 ...