Nicknamed Porphyrion after a Greek giant by co-discoverer Aivin Gast of the University of Oxford, the jet system spans 23 million light-years, the equivalent of 140 Milky Way galaxies lined up back to ...

Astronomers have detected two massive jets of energy from a supermassive black hole, extending over 23 million light-years. Named Porphyrion, these jets are 30% larger than any previously known. Using ...

A supermassive black hole blasting astrophysical jets into space has carved out the biggest structure of galactic origin we've ever seen. It's been named Porphyrion, after the king of giants in Greek ...

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Astronomers have made an astonishing discovery with a pair of black hole jets stretching 23 million light-years across the cosmos. These colossal jets, nicknamed Porphyrion, are the largest ever ...

An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light-years.

Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That's equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to back. Astronomers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's illustration of Porphyrion. E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. Oei The largest known black ...

An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light-years.

In a galaxy 7.5 billion light-years away, a supermassive black hole shoots out streams of magnetized plasma that span 140 Milky Ways in length. This mind-boggling structure—nicknamed Porphyrion, after ...

DESY/Science Communication Lab/Oei et al. Imagine an amoeba blasting out jets of energy that stretched the width of the Earth. That’s what’s happening about 7.5 billion light years away on a much ...