c/spacepics · by mozz@mbin.grits.dev · 2yM87 emits a 5000 light year jet of plasma from its core 80 points · 7 comments · view on lemmy.world
7 Comments
blahsay@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Well we found it....most impressive fart in the universe.
Seriously though that's awesome. Real life death star right there
Mango@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Quite a bigger bang than an m80.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
They must be named on a logarithmic scale.
mozz@mbin.grits.dev · 0 pts · 2y
log(log(log(log(log(log))))) scale.
Sleevezipper@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 2y
That's awesome! Do your have more info on this?
lefty7283@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It’s basically a giant particle beam made by the supermassive black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy.
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2000/20/968-Image.html
Sleevezipper@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 2y
Very interesting. Thank you!