this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2024
78 points (97.6% liked)

SpacePics

759 readers
1 users here now

A community dedicated to sharing high quality images of space and the cosmos

Rules:

Include some context in the title (such as the name of the astronomical object or location where it was photographed)

Only images, pictures, collages, albums, and gifs are allowed. Please link images from high quality sources ([Imgur](imgur.com), [NASA](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html), [ESA](https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images), [Flickr](Flickr.com), [500px ](500px.com), etc.) Videos, interactive images/websites, memes, and articles are not allowed

Only submit images related to space. This may include pictures of space, artwork of space, photoshopped images of space, simulations, artist’s depictions, satellite images of Earth, or other related images

Be civil to one another

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
top 7 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] blahsay 11 points 8 months ago

Well we found it....most impressive fart in the universe.

Seriously though that's awesome. Real life death star right there

[–] Mango 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Quite a bigger bang than an m80.

[–] toynbee 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They must be named on a logarithmic scale.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

log(log(log(log(log(log))))) scale.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's awesome! Do your have more info on this?

[–] lefty7283 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It’s basically a giant particle beam made by the supermassive black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy.

https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2000/20/968-Image.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Very interesting. Thank you!