14 DAY TRIAL // Using data from the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope, experts at the American space agency were recently able to develop an amazing new image showcasing radiation plumes in deep space.
According to the team behind the study, the plumes are generated by a supermassive black hole at the core of a large, distant galaxy.
In this image, the galaxy containing the black hole is represented by the tiny speck of light in the middle. The radiation can be seen surrounding it left and right, depicted in purple (Chandra data) and orange (VLA data). NASA defines 3C353 as a double-lobed source, containing both the supermassive black hole and its parent galaxy.
Jets such as these are responsible for transporting huge amounts of energy across vast distances, and are believed to have played a major role in seeding our Universe with heavy metals, some 10 billion years ago.