Black Hole Blasts 23 Million Light-Years Long Plasma Jets

Astronomers recently spotted two unprecedented plasma jets blasting out of a supermassive black hole and into space beyond its galaxy. The two extremely powerful plasma jets are the largest ever seen, measuring 23 million light-years from end to end. This distance would cross approximately 140 Milky Ways arranged side by side. Researchers who spotted this unprecedented phenomenon called the pair of plasma jets “Porphyrion” after a giant in Greek mythology. The two jets originate from the top and bottom of the supermassive black hole and have the combined power of trillions of suns. What exactly are black hole jets? Black...