Dec

18

Supermassive Black Hole Attacks Galaxy

Filed Under science, space 



A black hole blasts a neighboring galaxy with radiation.

A “supermassive” black hole is violently “blasting” a nearby galaxy with a jet of radiation, reports the Washington Post.

“What we’ve identified is an act of violence by a black hole, with an unfortunate nearby galaxy in the line of fire,” said Dan Evans, the study leader at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge. He said any planets orbiting the stars of the smaller galaxy would be dramatically affected, and any life forms would likely die as the jet’s radiation transformed the planets’ atmosphere.

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