Black hole jets captured in all their glory in most detailed image yet
Last updated at 2:10 PM on 24th May 2011
Astonishingly beautiful, this is the most detailed image of particle jets erupting from a super-massive black hole yet captured.
It shows a region in the nearby galaxy of Centaurus A that is just under 4.2 light-years across - less than the distance between our sun and the nearest star.
Radio-emitting features as small as 15 light-days can be seen, making this the highest-resolution view of galactic jets ever made.
May 20 - 2001 posting here on MM - Movie for NOW - please watch ...
There is ONE picture in this movie which resembles this picture of the black hole, if you will ;-)
Why this image/article appears NOW, May 24 - 2011, will remain a mystery (for now) ...
The ESO - European Southern Observatory released the photo in January 2009 ...
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