RomanRodinskiy Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) Tell me, please, what are these space objects. I have an idea that these are black holes, but this answer seems pretty simple. Please also indicate the common feature of these objects. Edited November 26, 2022 by RomanRodinskiy sens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joigus Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Reverse-image search produced this: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/black-hole-powered-jets-fuel-star-formation It seems to be the result of a super-massive BH swallowing a region of star formation and producing as a result a pair of powerful jets of ejected material. Quote The central galaxy in this cluster harbours a supermassive black hole that is in the process of devouring star-forming gas, which fuels a pair of powerful jets that erupt from the black hole in opposite directions into intergalactic space. Astronomers refer to this type of black-hole powered system as an active galactic nucleus (AGN). The central bright region is probably the accretion disk of said BH. Not every spot of light is the BH. Black holes can't be seen directly. You can infer their position from gravitational lensing or from behaviour of matter around them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joigus Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 hour ago, joigus said: or from behaviour of matter around them. Meaning "from behaviour of visible matter around them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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