Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that ventures too close—be it star, planet, or spacecraft—will be stretched and ...

Here’s how it works. Astronomers have spotted the largest twin jets ever seen erupting from a black hole. The jets stretch for around 23 million light-years, well beyond the limits of their host ...

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While considered a mathematical possibility for many years, the first black hole wasn’t discovered until Cygnus X-1 in 1971. We now know that black holes occur frequently throughout the universe.

Like a dragon breathing gouts of fire, a black hole in the distant universe is spewing plumes of energy into the cosmos, forming jets that span 23 million light-years. That’s 140 times the width ...

Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That's equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to back.

Astronomers have discovered a black hole emitting energy in jets longer than the width of 140 Milky Way galaxies. An artist’s concept of Porphyrion, a jet of material 23 million light-years long ...

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Jets are formed in the complex environment near a black hole. The intense heating of infalling material ionizes and heats it, creating electromagnetic fields that act as a natural particle ...

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