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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Pictured for the first time: The wild and colourful jets deep down inside a black hole

This amazing picture shows for the first time the colourful jets deep inside one of the most mysterious elements in the galaxy, the black hole.

Showing the innermost parts of a black hole’s active jets, the picture suggests that the spouts are much more dynamic than previously suspected.

And it shows that although no light can escape a black hole, energetic flares are produced inside the ultra-dense ball of matter.

Inside: This picture shows the energetic nature of the black hole's active jets

Inside: This picture shows the energetic nature of the black hole's active jets

Observed by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft, this wildly fluctuating black hole is located 20,000 light-years away near the center of the galaxy.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2040162/Pictured-time-energetic-jets-inside-mysterious-black-hole.html

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