Surprising Changes In Black Hole-powered 'Blazar' Galaxy
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 09:39
in Astronomy & Space
Astrophysicists have uncovered surprising changes in radiation emitted by an active galaxy. Like many active galaxies, a blazar emits oppositely directed jets of particles traveling near the speed of light as matter falls into a central supermassive black hole; this process is not well understood. In the case of blazars, the galaxy is oriented such that we're looking right down the jet.