Scientists have found a black hole that is 50 times larger than galaxies

Astronomers, observing a neighboring galaxy using a powerful telescope, discovered one of the largest

black holes throughout the history of observations.The jet, measuring a million light years from edge to edge, is huge, but experts estimate it is 50 times larger than galaxies. The nearby galaxy NGC2663 is located next door to us and is only 93 million light years away from us. Black holes like this have been observed before, but its enormous size and proximity to the galaxy make it a unique find.

Astronomers from the University of Western Sydneyobserved it with a conventional telescope and saw the oval shape of a typical elliptical galaxy. But while observing the galaxy with the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) super-telescope operated by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), they discovered something unusual.

By analyzing radio waves recorded by the telescope,astronomers have detected a jet of matter ejected from the galaxy by a central black hole. In the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) study, astronomers noted that matter between galaxies is pushed off the sides of the jet. This has been found to be similar to the effect seen in jet aircraft.

When the exhaust plume breaks throughatmosphere, the ambient pressure pushes it from side to side. This, in turn, causes the jet to expand and contract, causing it to pulsate as it travels. The pulsation appears as regular bright spots.

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