Glow from the Big Bang Allows Discovery of Distant Black Hole Jet
Submitted by chandra on Tue, 2016-02-16 10:00
A jet from a very distant black hole being illuminated by the leftover glow from the Big Bang, known as the cosmic microwave background (CMB), has been found as described in our latest press release. Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory discovered this faraway jet serendipitously when looking at another source in Chandra's field of view.