Astronomers have discovered a black hole emitting energy in jets longer than the width of 140 Milky Way galaxies. An artist’s concept of Porphyrion, a jet of material 23 million light-years long that ...

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Astronomers made a remarkable discovery—one of the biggest pair of jets that appear to shoot from behind a supermassive black ...

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One key characteristic of a supermassive black hole is the duo of the extragalactic jets of material that form around its ...

Astronomers have spotted a massive pair of jets releasing material from a distant black hole. The jets are so large they span about 140 Milky Way galaxies in length.

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Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight ...