A Wandering Black Hole Jet Is Draining a Galaxy of Star Fuel

A wobbling jet from a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy is blasting gas out at a rate high enough to suppress star formation. The discovery reveals that even low-power black hole jets can dramatically reshape entire galaxies. Some galaxies contain active galactic nuclei, extremely bright and energetic regions fueled by matter falling into [...]

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