Published 09/18/2024 8:46:00 p.m.

Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole

Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy, reported in the journal Nature.
This discovery shows that the jets date back to when the universe was less than half its current age, according to study co-author Martijn Oei.
The jets are approximately 23 million light-years long, surpassing the previous record by 7 million light-years.

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The Independent

Scientists find biggest black hole jets ever –they are bigger than you can imagine

Scientists have found the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen.

09/19/2024 10:15:29 a.m.·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

Mega Black Hole In Distant Galaxy Sends 2 Jets Of Energy: What It Means

Two mighty beams of energy have been detected shooting in opposite directions from a supermassive black hole inside a distant galaxy - the largest such jets ever spotted, extending about 140 times the diameter of our vast Milky Way galaxy. The black hole resides at the heart of a galaxy about 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km). Because of the time it take…

09/19/2024 8:17:28 a.m.·New Delhi, India

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Associated Press News

Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy. The jets shooting hot plasma are the largest ever spotted – about as long as 140 Milky Way galaxies lined up end-to-end. “This one has managed to reach a size that’s so big,” said […]

09/18/2024 3:03:49 p.m.·United States

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abc News

Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole

Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy

09/18/2024 3:03:49 p.m.·United States

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PerthNow

Black hole unleashes record-setting energetic jets

Researchers have detected two massive beams of energy in space, extending about 140 times the diameter of our vast Milky Way galaxy.

09/18/2024 9:56:40 p.m.·Perth, Australia

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El Pais

Found Porphyrion, the black hole that spews out the largest jets in the universe

“The dimensions are gigantic”, sums up Gabriela Calistro Rivera, a 34-year-old Peruvian astronomer who currently works at the German Space Agency, in amazement. Together with colleagues from Europe and the United States, Calistro today announces the discovery of the largest jets ever observed in the universe. They are produced by Porphyrion, a previously unknown supermassive black hole that spits out two beams in opposite directions, and which t…

09/18/2024 3:01:02 p.m.·Spain

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