A Black Hole Jet was Discovered by Astronomers
Astronomers at
Western Sydney University have discovered one of the largest black hole jets within the sky.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Astronomers have discovered one of the largest black hole jets within the sky
- 93 million light-years away, the galaxy NGC2663 would be in neighborhood
- The radio waves have revealed a jet of matter that shot out of the galaxy
Spanning over one million light years ears from end to end, the jet would shoots off from a black hole with enormous energy, and at almost the speed of light. However, within the large expanses of space between galaxies, it does not continuously get its own way.
At a mere 93 million light-years away, the galaxy NGC2663 would be in neighborhood, cosmically speaking. If our galaxy were a house, NGC2663 would be a suburb district or two away.
Taking a look at its starlight with a standard telescope, we tend to see the familiar oval shape of a 'typical' elliptical galaxy, with around ten times as several stars as own Milky Way.
It observed NGC2663 with CSIRO's Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) in Western Australia which would be a network of 36 connected radio dishes formed single super-telescope.
The radio waves have revealed a jet of matter which was shot out of the galaxy by a central black hole. This high-powered stream of material which was about 50 times larger than the galaxy: If the eyes might see it within the night sky, it might be larger than the Moon.
Whereas on the other hand astronomers have found such jets beforehand, the immense size and relative closeness of NGC2663 would make these some of the largest known jets within the sky.