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[-] lefty7283@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It’s basically a giant particle beam made by the supermassive black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy.

https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2000/20/968-Image.html

[-] Sleevezipper@feddit.nl 3 points 8 months ago

Very interesting. Thank you!

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