Black hole blasted Earth with near light-speed jet of matter - study
The jet of matter, appearing as a flash of light brighter than 1,000 trillion suns, originated from a supermassive black hole 8.5 billion light years away and traveled at 99.99% the speed of light.
This artist's concept released October 30, 2017 shows a black hole with an accretion disk - a flat structure of material orbiting the black hole - and a jet of hot gas, called plasma.(photo credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
