Biggest black hole jets ever seen span 140 Milky Way galaxies
An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light- years. That is equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back-to-back. Credit: E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. Oei
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Hubble reveals stunning new details of galaxy IC 4709's black holeThe Hubble Space Telescope has once again delivered extraordinary images from the distant corners of the universe. This time, ...
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Hubble unveils stunning new images of galaxy IC 4709The Hubble Space Telescope has once again delivered extraordinary images from the distant corners of the universe. This time, ...
A new telescope has revealed incredible details about the mysterious phenomena that are supermassive black holes.
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