Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole
AP Science Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy. Black holes eat most space debris that falls their way. Sometimes, hot plasma makes a narrow escape by spewing out in thin, high-energy jets. These latest black hole jets are as long as 140 Milky Way galaxies lined up end-to-end. They date back to when the universe was less than half its current age. Studying the jets could reveal whether they had an influence on how the early universe came to be. The research was published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
