Black hole jets in HD

Images suggest nearby galaxy's monster is a neat eater

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JUMBO JET Combined X-ray, microwave and visible-light data reveal jets emanating from the central black hole of Centaurus A. Visible: ESO/WFI, Microwave: MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al, X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al

Astronomers have produced the sharpest images ever of twin jets racing outward from the vicinity of a galaxy’s central black hole.