this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
38 points (93.2% liked)

Today I Learned (TIL)

6488 readers
192 users here now

You learn something new every day; what did you learn today?

/c/til is a community for any true knowledge that you would like to share, regardless of topic or of source.

Share your knowledge and experience!

Rules

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Well, would we even see them if they weren't? (Serious question).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If the angle of the jet is more then a little off axis the jet may still visible if it is sufficiently powerful and it passes through a scattering medium (interstellar dust?) the wiki page for blazars shows just such an example in the M87 galaxy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

That makes sense. Thanks for the link.

load more comments (2 replies)