Astronomers now know how supermassive black holes blast us with energy

But looks can be deceiving, especially in space. Markarian 501 is a launchpad for charged particles traveling near the speed of light. From the galaxy’s heart erupts a bright jet of high-energy particles and radiation, rushing right in Earth’s direction. That makes it a perfect natural laboratory to study those accelerating particles—if only scientists could understand what causes them.

But what actually causes a supermassive black hole to form light and other electromagnetic waves? What happens inside that jet? If you were surfing inside of it, what exactly would you feel and see?

Fast? You mean at the speed of light?

The Mayans knew this too.

'immensely fast electromagnetic waves'? You're trolling right?

Is this the reason why everything sucks?

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