UMBC researchers identify where giant jets from black holes discharge their energy
E-Mail IMAGE: In this artist's rendering courtesy of NASA, the remnants of a star torn apart by a black hole form a disk around the black hole's center, while jets eject from... view more Credit: NASA The supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are the most massive objects in the universe. They range from about 1 million to upwards of 10 billion times the mass of the Sun. Some of these black holes also blast out gigantic, super-heated jets of plasma at nearly the speed of light. The primary way that the jets discharge this powerful motion energy is by converting it int...
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