NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected an unlimited X-ray jet from quasar J1610+1811, noticed at a distance of about 11.6 billion light-years (roughly 3 billion years after the Massive Bang). The jet spans over 300,000 light-years and carries particles shifting at roughly 92–98% of the pace of sunshine. It’s seen in X-rays as a result of high-energy electrons within the jet collide with the a lot denser cosmic microwave background at that epoch, boosting microwave photons into X-ray energies. These outcomes have been offered on the 246th AAS assembly and accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal.
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