A Hubble image of the giant galaxy M87 shows a 3,000-light-year-long jet of plasma blasting from the galaxy’s central black hole, which seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory. credit: NASA, ESA, A. Lessing, E. Baltz, M. Shara, J. DePasquale
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[https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Hubble_sees_black_hole_beam_boosting_stellar_eruptions](https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Hubble_sees_black_hole_beam_boosting_stellar_eruptions)
[https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/09/Hubble_s_view_of_M87_galaxy](https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/09/Hubble_s_view_of_M87_galaxy)
Space is fucking nuts. Imagine just minding your own damn business when a jet of plasma that started 3k light years away causes your sun to blow up. Like what the galactic fuck. And yet here we are, alive and participating in this nonsense with our inconceivably unlikely existence just snapping pics of cosmic destruction and sharing for fake Internet points. Just absolute bonkers.