Flashing Galaxy

eastern european spy writes: "According to the BBC astronomers have obtained one of the most detailed views ever seen of the central regions of a so-called active galaxy that is ejecting energetic jets of material into space. The galaxy, catalogued as 3C120, has a supermassive black hole at its core that squirts gas jets in opposite directions. One jet is almost pointed head-on towards the Earth. Read the full story here." See also the author's homepage and some movies of the phenomena.