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discocrisco01

(1,666 posts) Fri Nov 22, 2013, 03:10 PM Nov 2013

The Beauty of Space

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The Beauty of Space (Original Post) discocrisco01 Nov 2013 OP

An AWESOME picture! lastlib Nov 2013 #1

Milky Way Black Hole Jets DreamGypsy Nov 2013 #2

lastlib

(23,216 posts)

1. An AWESOME picture!

Reply to discocrisco01 (Original post)

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 09:53 PM

Nov 2013

Any background info on it?

DreamGypsy

(2,252 posts)

2. Milky Way Black Hole Jets

Reply to lastlib (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 11:50 PM

Nov 2013

from Wired Science photo of the day:

New evidence has been uncovered for the presence of a jet of high-energy particles blasting out of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). This image of Sgr A* and the region around it contains some of the data used in the study, with X-rays from Chandra (purple) and radio emission from the Very Large Array (blue). Jets of high-energy particles are found throughout the Universe on large and small scales. The likely discovery of a jet from Sgr A* helps astronomers learn more about the giant black hole, including how it is spinning.

Image: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z.Li et al; Radio: NRAO/VLA

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