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Simulation Snapshot

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Spinning black holes can launch beams of particles moving at nearly the speed of light. New simulations reveal the processes that draw on a black hole's rotational energy to give the particles a boost.

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K. Parfrey <em>et al</em>./<em>Physical Review Letters</em> 2019

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