Astronomers at the University of Western Sydney have discovered one of the largest jets of black holes in the sky. Discovered in the elliptical galaxy NGC 2663, it was one of the largest and brightest jets ever seen.
Black holes, which we observe in the universe but know very little about, expand the scope of this mystery with some of their properties. Among these features are the ‘jets’, which are seen only in some black holes and are given to the state of scattering particles into space at the speed of light. Today, news of a new discovery about black hole jets came from the scientific world.
Scientists examined the galaxy named NGC2663 93 million light years away and discovered the largest black hole jet ever observed. The jet of particles spewed out by the black hole was 50 times larger than the galaxy itself. Jet from the black hole It stretched out as far as 1 million light years.
Biggest jet ever:
The red areas represent the areas where the jet was seen most intensely. These areas are called ‘shock diamond’ because of their shape.
The discovery was made thanks to the observation made with the Australian Square Kilometer Array Explorer (ASKAP), which has 36 telescopes, each with a diameter of 12 meters. When scientists focused on NGC2663 with telescopes, they encountered this huge jet. The jet is so big that if we could see it with our eyes, scientists explain, it would be in the sky. It would take up more space than the Moon.
Aiming to make many more discoveries after this remarkable radio jet discovery, the team continues to work to better examine how black holes affect the galaxies that form around them.
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