Extragalactic Jets

  • Extragalactic jets are powerful near-light-speed plasma beams emitted from regions around supermassive black holes.
  • They emit radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays.
  • They are launched through the Blandford–Znajek process, where spinning black holes twist magnetic fields to accelerate ionised matter; a galaxy with a jet directed toward Earth is called a ....
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