First-ever photo proof of powerful jet emerging from colliding galaxies

Clemson SC (SPX) Apr 08, 2020

A team of Clemson University College of Science researchers, in collaboration with international colleagues, has reported the first definitive detection of a relativistic jet emerging from two colliding galaxies - in essence, the first photographic proof that merging galaxies can produce jets of charged particles that travel at nearly the speed of light. Furthermore, scientists had previou