Black hole's twin jets shine bright

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35473949

Astronomers have published new images of a bright jet of material, long enough to cross the Milky Way three times, fired into space by the black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy.

The observations confirm the existence of a second jet, blasting in the opposite direction.

The study uses this galaxy, Pictor A, to test ideas about what makes jets like these emit very bright X-rays.

 

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Those jets have to be traveling at a fair percentage of the speed of light...