Best-Ever Snapshot of a Black Hole's Jets

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NASA image release May 20, 2011 To see a really cool video related to this image go here: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5740451675/in/photostream The giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 is the radio source known as Centaurus A. Vast radio-emitting lobes (shown as orange in this optical/radio composite) extend nearly a million light-years from the galaxy. Credit: Capella Observatory (optical), with radio data from Ilana Feain, Tim Cornwell, and Ron Ekers (CSIRO/ATNF), R. Morganti (ASTRON), and N. Junkes (MPIfR). To read more go to: www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/radio-particle-jets... NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accom

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