Say What? Astronomy

Source of blazars’ super brightness comes into focus

Jets of high-energy radiation come from near galaxies’ central black hole

blazar

JET SET  An active galaxy called a blazar, illustrated here, emits a jet of high-energy particles toward Earth. 

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

By Andrew Grant

- More than 2 years ago

Blazar
BLEHY-zahr n.

An unusually luminous galaxy that fires off a jet of high-energy matter and radiation toward Earth.