Scientists spot jets of energy shooting 'at speed of light' from supermassive black hole

dailystar.co.uk:

Astronomers studying the supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy some 53.49 million light years away say they have made “groundbreaking” discoveries.While most matter captured by the massive gravitational pull of a black hole is pulled inward, some of the surrounding particles are blown out in the opposite direction in jets.

Astronomers still don't fully understand how or why this happens.But now an international team of scientists has measured for the first time these incredibly powerful jets of energy, which shoot at almost the speed of light across the entire Messier 87 [M87] galaxy.“These jets manage to transport energy released by the black hole out to scales larger than the host galaxy, like a huge power cord”, says co-author.