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Explanation: Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity says that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Jets of protons and electrons that shoot away from objects such as quasars and black holes appear to travel at speeds approaching this maximum speed, though. Such jets carry tremendous energy and can ram straight through interstellar material. In the above frame from a computer simulation, a jet traveling only 98 percent of light speed rams and mixes with interstellar material. Even higher energy jets might well explain the structure seen around Cygnus A.
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Publications with keywords: black hole - jet - NEAR project
Publications with words: black hole - jet - NEAR project
See also:
- APOD: 2024 April 1 Á Swirling Magnetic Field around Our Galaxys Central Black Hole
- UHZ1: Distant Galaxy and Black Hole
- APOD: 2023 September 19 Á HH 211: Jets from a Forming Star
- The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
- Stars, Dust, Pillars, and Jets in the Pelican Nebula
- Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75
- The Milky Way s Black Hole