NGC 7793 Black Hole Emits Particle Jets 1,000 Light Years In Diameter
Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 14:35
in Astronomy & Space
The black hole at the edge of galaxy NGC 7793, twelve million light years from Earth, has been found to be doing something rare - emitting powerful jets of particles of a total length of 1,000 light years. The energy produced by matter falling into a black hole this size is usually transformed into X-rays, not into jets, but this one is the exception - a miniature version of certain supermassive black holes present in the active nuclei of galaxies. read more