In a surprise finding, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of a huge galaxy seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory. The stars, called novae, are not caught inside the jet, but are apparently in a dangerous neighborhood nearby.
Hubble finds that a black hole beam promotes stellar eruptions retrieved 26 September 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-09-hubble-black-hole-stellar-eruptions.html
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