Shocking Discovery revel Supermassive Black Hole Targets Earth with Giant Energy Beam
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy shooting a powerful energy beam directly toward Earth. Dubbed J0410−0139, this rare cosmic phenomenon belongs to a category of black holes known as blazars. With a mass approximately 700 million times that of the Sun, the black hole dates back to the early universe, about 800 million years ago.
The discovery was made using data from leading observatories, including the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, the Magellan Telescopes, and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile, along with NASA’s Chandra Observatory in orbit around Earth.
“The alignment of J0410−0139’s jet with Earth gives us a rare opportunity to study the inner workings of a supermassive black hole,” said Emmanuel Momjian, co-...
