Breakthrough in the Search for Cosmic Particle Accelerators (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Breakthrough in the Search for Cosmic Particle Accelerators

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Artist's impression of the active galactic nucleus. The supermassive black hole at the center of the accretion disk sends a narrow high-energy jet of matter into space, perpendicular to the disc.

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Credit: DESY, Science Communication Lab

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