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Centaurus A in the spotlight: Plasma simulations reproduce black hole jets' mysterious bright edges

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Centaurus A in the spotlight: Plasma simulations reproduce black hole jets' mysterious bright edges
المصدر: Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories

Around 12 million light-years away, the supermassive black hole of the galaxy Centaurus A is hurling two enormous plasma jets into space at nearly the speed of light. These so-called jets are brighter at their edges than at their center. The reason for this was previously unclear

Around 12 million light-years away, the supermassive black hole of the galaxy Centaurus A is hurling two enormous plasma jets into space at nearly the speed of light. These so-called jets are brighter at their edges than at their center. The reason for this was previously unclear but has now been explained by a team from the Chair of Astronomy at the University of Würzburg.

The research is published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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