Astronomers spot the most massive black hole jets ever observed
Sep 25, 2024 · CNN — Astronomers have observed a massive pair of jets releasing from a supermassive black hole 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. The megastructure spans 23 million light-years in length,...
Meet Porphyrion, the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen
Sep 18, 2024 · The newly discovered pair, nicknamed Porphyrion after a rebellious giant in Greek mythology, were spotted in observations from LOFAR, a network of radio wave detectors in the Netherlands.
Black hole blasts largest jet ever seen at 23 million light-years long
Sep 18, 2024 · Astronomers have seen the largest jets ever found erupting from a black hole. The giant jet system Porphyrion is 23 million light-years long, equal to 140 side-by-side Milky Way galaxies.
Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet - Astronomy
The Porphyrion jet system is the biggest found so far during a sky survey that has revealed a shocking number of the faint megastructures: more than 10,000. This massive population of gargantuan jets was found using Europe's LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio telescope.
APOD: 2024 October 1 – Porphyrion: The Longest Known Black …
Dubbed Porphyrion for a mythological Greek giant, the impressive jets were created by a type of black hole that does not usually create long jets -- one that is busy creating radiation from infalling gas. The featured animated video depicts what it might look like to circle around this powerful black hole system.
Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet
Sep 18, 2024 · The jumbo jets blast hot plasma well beyond their own host galaxy. September 18, 2024. Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That’s equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to back.
Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever …
Sep 19, 2024 · The new jet, announced in the journal Nature, has been dubbed "Porphyrion" (a giant in Greek mythology) by its discoverers at the California Institute of Technology in the United States. It...
Beyond Imagination: 140 Milky Ways Spanned by Record-Breaking …
Sep 19, 2024 · Astronomers have identified the largest black hole jet structure known, named Porphyrion, stretching 23 million light-years across, akin to 140 Milky Way galaxies aligned. This discovery, emerging from a galaxy about 10 times the mass of our Milky Way, suggests that such jets could significantly
Biggest black hole jets ever seen span 140 Milky Way galaxies
Sep 18, 2024 · 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.
Astronomers Discover Record-Breaking Jets Escaping a Black Hole, …
Sep 20, 2024 · Porphyrion’s twin jets came from a supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy that’s a dizzying 7.5 billion light-years away from Earth. For one billion years, the gargantuan structure...