# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B2xMNmYlv0p
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734396-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/c6de180586.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-09-23T21:21:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

The power of a supermassive black hole! 💪 An x-ray jet of high-energy particles — pointing to the upper left in this image — extends for 13,000 light years to the outer reaches of nearby galaxy Centarus A. ⁣
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Astronomers think that such jets are important vehicles for transporting energy from the black hole to the much larger dimensions of a galaxy, and affecting the rate at which stars form there.⁣
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This nasachandraxray image was made in 2008 from an ultra-deep look at the galaxy, equivalent to more than seven days of continuous observations.⁣
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Image Credit: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al⁣
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#BlackHoles #BlackHoleWeek #galaxy #universe #xray

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xray, universe, galaxy, blackholeweek, blackholes

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