Supermassive Black Hole's 'Death Star' X-Ray Beam Snapped By Space Telescope | Video

Monday, February 8, 2016 - 10:53 in Astronomy & Space

Chandra X-Ray Observatory astronomers have imaged a 300,000 light-year-long jet blasting forth from The Pictor A galaxy's black hole, most likely comprised of "electrons spiraling around magnetic field lines.”

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