SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 11, 2026Science Daily

10 quintillion hydrogen bombs every second: Webb detects massive galactic eruption

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Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovered the largest stream of super-heated gas ever observed in the universe, erupting from galaxy VV 340a and stretching over 19 trillion miles on each side. The massive outflow is powered by precessing jets from the galaxy's supermassive black hole, which heat surrounding material to extreme temperatures. This rare phenomenon extends far beyond what scientists typically see around black holes and is actively shutting down star formation by expelling the galaxy's star-forming gas into space.

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