‘Black-hole bully’ shoots deadly jet at neighbour

THE latest act of senseless violence caught on tape is cosmic in scope: A black hole in a “death star galaxy” blasting a neighbouring galaxy with a deadly jet of radiation and energy.

‘Black-hole bully’ shoots deadly jet at neighbour

Telescopes have captured images of this cosmic violence, according to a study released by NASA.

“It’s like a bully, a black-hole bully punching the nose of a passing galaxy,” said astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York.

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