NASA’s Chandra Sees Surprisingly Strong Black Hole Jet at Cosmic “Noon” – NASA

NASA’s Chandra Sees Surprisingly Strong Black Hole Jet at Cosmic “Noon” – NASA

A black hole has blasted out a surprisingly powerful jet in the distant universe, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and discussed in our latest press release. This jet exists early enough in the cosmos that it is being illuminated by the leftover glow from the big bang itself. Astronomers used … Read more

Hubble Reveals Surprising Spiral Shape of Galaxy Hosting Young Jet – NASA Science

Hubble Reveals Surprising Spiral Shape of Galaxy Hosting Young Jet – NASA Science

Quasar J0742+2704 (center) became the subject of astronomers’ interest after it was discovered to have a newborn jet blasting from the disk around its supermassive black hole in 2020, using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) radio observatory. This led to follow-up with other observatories in an effort to determine the properties of … Read more