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    International team observes Innermost Structure of Quasar Jet

    November 24, 2022, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Radio astronomy images of the 3C 273 jet
    Radio astronomy images of the 3C 273 jet. The close-up view on the left is the deepest look yet into the plasma jet of the quasar 3C 273. The image in the center shows the extended structure of the jet. The image on the right is a visible light image of the quasar taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The radio observations were made by the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA) joined by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the High Sensitivity Array (HSA). (Credits: Hiroki Okino and Kazunori Akiyama; GMVA+ALMA and HSA images: Okino et al.; HST Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA) Original size (1.1MB)

    An international team of scientists has observed the narrowing of a quasar jet for the first time by using a network of radio telescopes across the world...

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