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ScienceDaily: Cosmic Rays News

ScienceDaily: Cosmic Rays News


Astronomers reveal contents of mysterious black hole jets

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 10:22 AM PST

An international team of astronomers has answered a long-standing question about the enigmatic jets emitted by black holes. Jets are narrow beams of matter spat out at high speed from near a central object, like a black hole. Although they have been observed for decades, astronomers are still not sure what they are made of, or what powers them.

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