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A Giant Space Jet Helps Shape Galaxies! 🚀

Scientists found that a powerful stream from a huge space hole can warm up the gas around a galaxy. 🌟

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Key Points

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Big black holes can shoot out fast streams called jets.

These jets heat the surrounding gas.

Warm gas stops many new stars from forming.

This helps shape how a galaxy looks over time.

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When the gas gets warm, it doesn’t turn into new stars as easily. ❄️➡️🔥

The gas cloud around a galaxy is called the circumgalactic medium, and it is many times bigger than the galaxy itself. 🌌

The jet only heats gas in the direction it points, like a flashlight shining on the night sky. 🔦

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6 words

supermassive black hole

a very, very big space hole that pulls in everything nearby

jet

a narrow, fast stream of super‑hot particles shooting out from a black hole

plasma

a super‑hot, charged gas that behaves like a mix of gas and electricity

circumgalactic medium

a huge cloud of gas that surrounds a whole galaxy, far bigger than the galaxy itself

ionised

when gas gets enough energy that its atoms lose electrons and become charged

star formation

the process where gas clumps together and becomes new stars

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