"Could our galaxy one day experience similar high-energy phenomena that will have serious consequences for the survival of ...
We've seen black hole jets before, even ones that stretch many millions of light years. What's striking about Porphyrion is that it looks almost perfectly straight. There are plenty of curvy ...
Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen — at 23 million light-years in length, they are as ...
An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light-years.
A supermassive black hole erupts with a massive jet of energy ... have been observed in the past (most notably the jet named "Porphyrion," which stretches for 23 million light-years), such ...