Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever …
WEB1 day ago · Porphyrion, by contrast, seems to have been happily powering its way through the cosmos for about 2 billion years, unperturbed. ... The most comprehensive sci-tech news coverage on the web.
Astronomers Discover Record-Breaking Jets Escaping a Black Hole, …
WEB1 day ago · Reporter. September 20, 2024 12:20 p.m. An artist’s illustration of the Porphyrion jet pair escaping a black hole and passing through voids in the cosmic web. E. Wernquist / D. Nelson ...
Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet
WEB3 days ago · This picture, taken by Europe's LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio telescope, shows the longest known pair of black hole jets. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a Greek giant by co-discoverer Aivin Gast of the University of Oxford, the jet system spans 23 million light-years, the equivalent of 140 Milky Way galaxies lined up back to back.
Meet Porphyrion, the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen
WEB3 days ago · 23 hours ago. Opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever seen. That’s far enough to influence the evolution of the ...
Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet
WEB3 days ago · An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light-years. That is equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back-to-back. Porphyrion dates back to a …
Astronomers discover biggest ever seen black hole jets, which …
WEB3 days ago · An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light-years.
Astronomers discover largest ever black hole jets in distant galaxy ...
WEB3 days ago · Named Porphyrion, after a giant in Greek mythology, these outflows - which shoot out from above and below a supermassive black hole - formed when the universe was a mere 6.3 billion years old ...
Black hole blasts largest jet ever seen at 23 million light-years long
WEB3 days ago · The giant jet system Porphyrion is 23 million light-years long, equal to 140 side-by-side Milky Way galaxies. ... And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space ...
Largest Black Hole Jets Ever Seen Create a Galactic Structure That …
WEBA supermassive black hole blasting astrophysical jets into space has carved out the biggest structure of galactic origin we've ever seen.. It's been named Porphyrion, after the king of giants in Greek mythology, and it spans, in total, some 7 megaparsecs across space-time.That's a whopping 23 million light-years from end to end, making it a significant part of the cosmic web that connects the ...
Biggest black hole jets ever seen span 140 Milky Way galaxies
WEB3 days ago · Posted on Sep 18, 2024 11:00 AM EDT. An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 ...