Tag: disk galaxy
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Wobbling Black Hole Jet Revealed in Nearby Disk Galaxy: A Galaxy-Scale Revelation
Introduction: A Milky Way-Neighbor’s Dramatic Revelation Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea have identified the largest and most extended stream of super-heated gas flowing from a nearby disk galaxy. This discovery provides the clearest evidence yet that a supermassive black hole can launch powerful jets that distort and heat their galactic surroundings,…
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Galaxy-wide wobbling black hole jet revealed in a disk galaxy
Overview: A giant, wobbling jet reshapes our view of galactic centers In a landmark discovery from the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi, astronomers have identified a galaxy-wide stream of super-heated gas emanating from a disk galaxy. This jet is not only unusually large and extended, but it also appears to wobble at cosmic…
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Galaxy-Wide Wobbling Black Hole Jet Revealed in a Disk Galaxy
A Landmark Discovery in Galactic Physics In a breakthrough observation, astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea have identified the largest and most extended stream of super-heated gas escaping a nearby disk galaxy. This unprecedented detection offers compelling evidence that a supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center is not only emitting a…