Assmallas a grainofsandcomparedtotheAmazonRiver, theyresideinthecentersofsomegalaxies, shiningwiththepowerof a trillionstars, blastingouthugejetsofmatter, completelyreshapingthecosmosaroundthem.
Theenergyreleasedbymatterfallinginto a blackholecanbe 60 timesgreaterthanthatreleasedbynuclearfusioninthecoreof a star, becausetheenergyreleasedby a blackholecomesfromgravity, notfromnuclearreactions.
ブラックホールに落ちる物質が放出するエネルギーは、星の核融合が放出するエネルギーの60倍にもなる。
Matterfallinginto a blackholespeedsuptoalmostthespeedoflightbeforeitcrossestheeventhorizon, buzzingwithanincredibleamountofkineticenergy.
Typicalquasarsconsumeoneto a hundredEarthmassesofgasperminute.
典型的なクエーサーは、1分間に1~100地球質量のガスを消費する。
Tenbillionyearsago, theuniversewasabout a thirdofitscurrentsize, sotheintergalacticmediumwasmuchlessspreadout, meaningthefilamentsofgasaroundquasarscouldfeedthem a banquet, makingthemvomitinsaneamountsoflightandradiation.
Thebrightestquasarspowerjets, tanglingthemagneticfieldofthematteraroundtheminto a narrowcone.
最も明るいクエーサーはジェットを発生させ、周囲の物質の磁場を狭い円錐状に絡め取る。
Like a particleaccelerator, theylaunchenormousbeamsofmatterout, plowingthroughthecircumgalacticmedium, formingplumesofmatterthatgrowtohundredsofthousandsoflight-yearsinsize.
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