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Black Hole Emits a 1,000-Light-Year-Wide Gas Bubble

Posted by Soulskill on from the reminds-me-of-a-buddy-of-mine dept.

PhrostyMcByte writes "12 million light-years away, in the outer spiral of galaxy NGC 7793, a bubble of hot gas approximately 1,000 light-years in diameter can be found shooting out of a black hole — one of the most powerful jets of energy ever seen. (Abstract available at Nature.) The bubble has been growing for approximately 200,000 years, and is expanding at around 1,000,000 kilometers per hour."

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  1. Re:Third grade truism by Dan+East · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Third grade? That one lasted me well into college.

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  2. Previous Record Holder by xmuskrat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The previous record holder for a gas bubble discharge was the Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulent. This was done over a seven hour period while reciting his award-winning poem, "Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in My Armpit One Midsummer Morning."

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  3. We can fix it... by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just send off a rocket full of this.

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  4. Go ahead by PPH · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pull my event horizon.

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