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submitted 8 months ago by mozz@mbin.grits.dev to c/spacepics@lemmy.world
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[-] blahsay@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Well we found it....most impressive fart in the universe.

Seriously though that's awesome. Real life death star right there

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Quite a bigger bang than an m80.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

They must be named on a logarithmic scale.

[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 0 points 8 months ago

log(log(log(log(log(log))))) scale.

[-] Sleevezipper@feddit.nl 4 points 8 months ago

That's awesome! Do your have more info on this?

[-] lefty7283@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It’s basically a giant particle beam made by the supermassive black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy.

https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2000/20/968-Image.html

[-] Sleevezipper@feddit.nl 3 points 8 months ago

Very interesting. Thank you!

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