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Jet From Supermassive Black Hole Seen Blasting Neighboring Galaxy

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A jet of highly charged radiation from a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy is blasting another galaxy nearby -- an act of galactic violence that astronomers said yesterday they have never seen before.

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Amazing.

Martin Hardcastle of the University of Hertfordshire in England, said the collision they have identified began no more than 1 million years ago and could continue for 10 million to 100 million more years. Hardcastle called the collision a great opportunity to learn more about the jets.

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Reply#1 - Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:08 PM EST
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