BL Lacertae, a galaxy a billion light-years away, is firing a beam of energy in our direction — a “jet” of particles powered by a supermassive black hole. The galaxy is in the faint constellation Lacerta, which is in the northeast at nightfall.
BL Lacertae, a galaxy a billion light-years away, is firing a beam of energy in our direction — a “jet” of particles powered by a supermassive black hole. The galaxy is in the faint constellation Lacerta, which is in the northeast at nightfall.