Alma finds a swirling, cool jet that reveals a growing, supermassive black hole

Monday, July 4, 2016 - 09:31 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers have made the surprising discovery of a jet of cool, dense gas in the center of a galaxy located 70 million light years from Earth. The jet, with its unusual, swirling structure, gives new clues to a long-standing astronomical mystery -- how supermassive black holes grow.

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