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SpacePics@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

M87 emits a 5000 light year jet of plasma from its core

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M87 emits a 5000 light year jet of plasma from its core

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SpacePics@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

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9 months ago
That’s awesome! Do your have more info on this?
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  It’s basically a giant particle beam made by the supermassive black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy.
  
  https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2000/20/968-Image.html
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    Very interesting. Thank you!

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