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'Death Star' Black Holes Can Rapidly Swivel Massive Beams Onto New Targets


In recent years astronomers have spotted signs that the jets of plasma particles fired out from supermassive black holes can actually change direction over time – and new research now shows the phenomenon can occur over a shockingly short time scale.

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