Alma finds a swirling, cool jet that reveals a growing, supermassive black hole

Alma finds a swirling, cool jet that reveals a growing, supermassive black hole Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Jul 11, 2016 - A Chalmers-led team of astronomers have used the Alma telescope to make the surprising discovery of a jet of cool, dense gas in the centre of a galaxy located 70 million light years from Earth. The jet, with its unusual, swirling structure, gives new clues to a long-standing astronomical mystery - how supermassive black holes grow. A team of astronomers led by Susanne Aalto, professor of r ... more

---