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When viewed from Earth, the eruption now extends the length of 16 full moons.

Astronomers have captured a massive black hole eruption that could span the length of 16 full Moons if they were lined up side by side.

Astronomers have captured a breathtaking radio wave image, showing our closest radio active black hole spewing out massive jets of plasma that span more than 16 times the size of the full moon in our sky.

Scientists have captured images of a supermassive black hole some 12 million light years from Earth

A team of Australian astronomers succeeded produce the most complete image of the rash from a supermassive black hole more than 12 million light-years away, which seen from Earth is a length of 16 full moons placed side by side. The image shows the radio emissions of the material ejected out of the hole almost …

Extreme Eruption Spotted From Earth's Nearest Feeding Supermassive Black Hole

Extreme Eruption Spotted From Earth's Nearest Feeding Supermassive Black Hole

"When their eyes grew dim with looking at unrevealing dials and studying uneventful graphs, they could step outside their concrete cells and renew their dull spirits in communion with the giant mechanism they commanded, the silent, sensing instrument in which the smallest packets of energy, the smallest waves of matter, were detected in their headlong, eternal flight across the universe." -James Gunn, on Radio Astronomy

The closest actively feeding supermassive black hole let out a radio emission that spans the width of 16 moons, from Earth! Stand back.

The supermassive black hole at the heart of the Centaurus A galaxy blasts out powerful radio jets as it ejects material into space at near light speed.