The first black hole ever imaged by humanity is losing huge amounts of energy through ‘lightsaber’ jets

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The first black hole ever imaged by humanity is losing huge amounts of energy through ‘lightsaber�

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All About Space Magazine

28 December, 2023

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Get sucked into an astronomical mystery as we get in a spin with the universe’s heaviest objects.

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A paperclip-sized spacecraft could visit a nearby black hole in the next century

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