Friday, December 7, 2012

APOD 2.6

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Pictured above is a strange occurrence in the Radio Galaxy Hercules A. No one is sure how a thing such as this can happen however it is suspected to be the cause of a super massive black hole at the center of the object. The physics point towards a black hole and the jets erupt as a cause of the gravity that the huge phenomenon possesses. If something like this were to happen close to Earth there would be catastrophic consequences.

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