Article 6QTRS Pair of huge plasma jets spotted blasting out of gigantic black hole

Pair of huge plasma jets spotted blasting out of gigantic black hole

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Ian Sample Science editor
from Science | The Guardian on (#6QTRS)

Streams are the largest ever seen, measuring 23m light years and with combined power of trillions of suns

Astronomers have spotted two record-breaking plasma jets blasting out of a supermassive black hole and into the void beyond its host galaxy.

The enormously powerful plasma streams are the largest ever seen, measuring 23m light years from end to end, a distance that would cross 140 Milky Ways arranged side by side.

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