News Astronomy Shocks jolt jet set galaxy, X rays reveal Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Charlotte Schubert August 22, 2001 at 11:42 am A huge jet of high-energy particles shoots out from a supermassive black hole at A jet (upper left) shoots out the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Centaurus A. Around the galaxy, interstellar gas forms a haze that’s punctuated by X-ray point sources. These probably represent black hole or neutron star raids on neighboring stars. The gas at lower right balloons outward, possibly in response to pressure from a second, undetected jet. Kraft et al./NASA/SAO the core of nearby galaxy Centaurus A. A new X-ray snapshot catches that activity More Stories from Science News on Astronomy Space Meet Porphyrion, the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen By Lisa GrossmanSeptember 18, 2024 Space How a dying star is similar to a lava lamp By Lisa GrossmanSeptember 16, 2024 Space The historic ‘Wow!’ signal may finally have a source. Sorry, it’s not aliens By Lisa GrossmanAugust 21, 2024 Astronomy The nearest midsized black hole might instead be a horde of lightweights By Ken CroswellAugust 20, 2024 Astronomy A distant quasar may be zapping all galaxies around itself By Ken CroswellAugust 16, 2024 Astronomy Some meteors leave trails lasting up to an hour. Now we may know why By Lisa GrossmanAugust 8, 2024 Astronomy The North Star is much heavier than previously thought By Ken CroswellJuly 25, 2024 Astronomy A middleweight black hole has been spotted for the first time in our galaxy By Lisa GrossmanJuly 10, 2024