Black Hole Jet Slams Mystery Object

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Galaxy-size jet from monster black hole blasts mystery object in deep space (video)

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NASA 's Chandra X-ray space telescope has seen a black hole jet slam into an unknown object in space.

The jet of high-energy particles from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A ), located about 12 million light-years from Earth .

At several points along its galaxy-scale length, the jet of particles is traveling at near-light speed.

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