First-ever photo proof of powerful jet emerging from colliding galaxies
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 11:10
in Astronomy & Space
A team of Clemson University College of Science researchers, in collaboration with international colleagues, has reported the first definitive detection of a relativistic jet emerging from two colliding galaxies—in essence, the first photographic proof that merging galaxies can produce jets of charged particles that travel at nearly the speed of light.