Regina Barber

And these jets they found that were coming from these black holes were huge, four times as long as they were wide. These blazing streaks were stretching far past the width of the galaxies they lived in.

But how do these jets exist in the first place? Well, to solve any good mystery, we need clues. And we're better to look for clues than the black holes themselves. Black holes have two important clues. First, black holes spin, or as we say in physics, they have angular momentum. But why are black holes spinning?

But how do these jets exist in the first place? Well, to solve any good mystery, we need clues. And we're better to look for clues than the black holes themselves. Black holes have two important clues. First, black holes spin, or as we say in physics, they have angular momentum. But why are black holes spinning?

But how do these jets exist in the first place? Well, to solve any good mystery, we need clues. And we're better to look for clues than the black holes themselves. Black holes have two important clues. First, black holes spin, or as we say in physics, they have angular momentum. But why are black holes spinning?

The dust and gas getting sucked up into the black holes, they're also spinning and have angular momentum. But along the way to entering a supermassive black hole, that dust and gas swirling in, it loses angular momentum.

The dust and gas getting sucked up into the black holes, they're also spinning and have angular momentum. But along the way to entering a supermassive black hole, that dust and gas swirling in, it loses angular momentum.

The dust and gas getting sucked up into the black holes, they're also spinning and have angular momentum. But along the way to entering a supermassive black hole, that dust and gas swirling in, it loses angular momentum.

So stuff accumulates around these black holes and causes them to spin. But how is that material getting shot out into space in these huge energetic jets? Clue two, magnetic fields. Black holes have magnetic fields like stars and some planets do. And as black holes spin, these magnetic fields get tangled up.

So stuff accumulates around these black holes and causes them to spin. But how is that material getting shot out into space in these huge energetic jets? Clue two, magnetic fields. Black holes have magnetic fields like stars and some planets do. And as black holes spin, these magnetic fields get tangled up.

So stuff accumulates around these black holes and causes them to spin. But how is that material getting shot out into space in these huge energetic jets? Clue two, magnetic fields. Black holes have magnetic fields like stars and some planets do. And as black holes spin, these magnetic fields get tangled up.

And charged particles in the gas get carried away along field lines and eventually into the jets.

And charged particles in the gas get carried away along field lines and eventually into the jets.

And charged particles in the gas get carried away along field lines and eventually into the jets.

And then it goes out. And with all these charged particles, you get radiation.

And then it goes out. And with all these charged particles, you get radiation.

And then it goes out. And with all these charged particles, you get radiation.

The Blanford-Znalyuk process is a culmination of all of Roger and Roman's work. And it upends the idea that black holes are just vacuum cleaners.

The Blanford-Znalyuk process is a culmination of all of Roger and Roman's work. And it upends the idea that black holes are just vacuum cleaners.

The Blanford-Znalyuk process is a culmination of all of Roger and Roman's work. And it upends the idea that black holes are just vacuum cleaners.

This hypothesis and its equations bring together big concepts in physics, like Albert Einstein's equations of general relativity, how gravity is just a warping of space-time, and James Clerk Maxwell's older electromagnetism equations that describe how electricity and magnetism interact.