Active galaxy. Illustration of an active spiral galaxy with relativistic jets shooting out of its glowing nucleus. Active galaxies emit huge amounts of energy from a powerful source,often thought to be a supermassive central black hole. In this case the energy is emitted as jets - streams of plasma (charged particles) ejected at near light-speed from close to the black hole's centre,where matter is torn apart by colossal tidal forces | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Butler, Chris |
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