- For the first time, astronomers have observed how certain supermassive black holes launch jets of high-energy particles into space. Shock waves propagating along the jet of one such blazar contort magnetic fields that accelerate escaping particles to nearly the speed of light, astronomers report . https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-holes-bright-blazar-space 2 comments science
- For the first time, astronomers have observed how certain supermassive black holes launch jets (outflows of ionised matter) of high-energy particles into space https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-holes-bright-blazar-space 23 comments space
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- Astronomers spotted shock waves shaking the cosmic web https://www.sciencenews.org/article/shock-waves-shaking-universe-first 974 comments
- Space station detectors spot the source of weird ‘blue jet’ lightning | Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/space-station-detectors-found-source-weird-blue-jet-lightning 59 comments
- Black hole plasma jets are shaped like bell-bottoms https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-hole-plasma-jets-are-shaped-like-bell-bottoms 4 comments
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