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cosmic searchlight
Pictures: NASA/ Space Telescope Science Institute |

Cosmic Searchlight

Streaming out from the center of the galaxy M87 is one of nature's most amazing phenomena: a black hole-powered jet of electrons and other subatomic particles traveling at nearly the speed of light. The blue jet contrasts with the golden glow of billions of unseen stars.


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