Astronomer Heber Curtis's identification of black hole jets emanating from M87 reveals a complex nature of black holes. Contrary to their typical image as cosmic vacuum cleaners, black holes also emit jets of high-energy material, which can extend millions of light years. Researchers like Priyamvada Natarajan and Roger Blandford propose that these jets can be contemplated similarly to nuclear power: potentially destructive yet also a source of energy. Recent telescope observations bolster the Blandford-Znajek mechanism, shedding more light on these enigmatic cosmic phenomena.
What is counterintuitive is that we do see very powerful jets of material that are actually expelled from them as well.
One should think of them perhaps in the same way as one thinks about nuclear power.
They are often seen as sort of cosmic vacuum cleaners, just sucking in all the material gas and stars that stray close.
Telescope images from the last few years have supported their hypothesis.
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