Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galaxies Can Produce Narrow Particle Jets (IMAGE)

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Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galaxies Can Produce Narrow Particle Jets

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The supermassive black holes in active galaxies can produce narrow particle jets (orange) and wider streams of gas (blue-gray) known as ultra-fast outflows, which are powerful enough to regulate both star formation in the wider galaxy and the growth of the black hole. Inset: A close-up of the black hole and its accretion disk.

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Artist concept credit: ESA/AOES Medialab

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