Artist's Impression of a Supermassive Black Hole Jet (IMAGE)

Royal Astronomical Society

Artist's Impression of a Supermassive Black Hole Jet

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An artist's impression of the jet launched by a supermassive black hole, which inflates lobes of very hot gas that are distorted by the cluster weather.

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Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.

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