Exploring a Blazar
March 19, 2009
In the heart of an active galaxy, matter falling into a supermassive black hole somehow creates jets of particles traveling near the speed of light. For active galaxies classified as blazars, one of these jets beams right toward Earth. credit: NASA
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Technology Internet, Jets, Supermassive black holes, Black holes, Environment, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Quasar, Markarian 421, Polar jet, Ursa Major constellation, Blazars, Active galactic nucleus, Galaxy