US EditionBlack holes spew out powerful jets that span millions of light-years. We're trying to understand their whole life cycle
- Supermassive black holes, like Sagittarius A*, exist at the center of nearly every large galaxy, reaching billions of times the mass of the Sun.
- Between 10% and 20% of all galaxies exhibit jets that can extend to nearly 22 million light-years.
- Researchers emphasize that giant radio galaxies may be more common than previously believed, impacting our understanding of cosmic structures.
- A study using supercomputers modeled the behavior of giant cosmic jets, gaining insights into the life cycle of radio galaxies.
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Africa: Black Holes Spew Out Powerful Jets That Span Millions of Light-Years - We're Trying to Understand Their Whole Life Cycle
Analysis - There is a supermassive black hole at the centre of nearly every big galaxy - including ours, the Milky Way (it's called Sagittarius A*). Supermassive black holes are the densest objects in the universe, with masses reaching billions of times that of the Sun.
We know that Sagittarius A* (Sag A*), the black hole that inhabits the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is supermassive, and quickly rotates dragging space-time with it. And this small detail, its rotational velocity, which at first glance might seem nimius, hides in itself clues about its formation process.
Black holes spew out powerful jets that span millions of light-years. We're trying to understand their whole life cycle
There is a supermassive black hole at the center of nearly every big galaxy—including ours, the Milky Way (it's called Sagittarius A*). Supermassive black holes are the densest objects in the universe, with masses reaching billions of times that of the sun.
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