For The First Time, Astronomers Photograph a Jet Spewing Out From Colliding Galaxies

[Judi Lynn]

MIKE MCRAE 11 APRIL 2020

Space can be a horror show of cosmic violence, and now astronomers have captured the first photographic evidence of the carnage that can be unleashed when two heavyweight galaxies collide.

A collaboration between an international team of researchers has produced the first ever image of a relativistic jet of gas and plasma spewing forth from a pair of galaxies as they dive head-first into one another.

While galaxies have been caught mid-collision plenty of times before, this is the first time a jet of this kind has been seen spilling out of such a merger, and it could tell us a thing or two about how they arise.

In this case, both offending galaxies have gargantuan black holes at their centres that draw material into a maelstrom so violent, it glows intensely with heat.

More:
https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-snap-the-first-ever-pic-of-crashing-galaxies-squirting-their-guts-into-space

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Wow.

Once again, at the risk of being repetitive, thank you for posting.