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Why the Quasar Jets Are So Strong: Astronomers Explain – Dual Dove

More than 700 quasars have been examined, using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the NFS’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, Germany’s ROentgen SATell…

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More than 700 quasars have been examined, using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the NFS’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, Germany’s ROentgen SATellite (ROSAT), and ESA’s XMM-Newton.
Astronomers’ main goal was to determine why those quasars – quickly growing supermassive black holes – launch powerful jets. Such streams can shoot massive amounts of energy into their surroundings and significantly trigger their environments’ development.
A recent study tries to explain such a pheno…

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