Artist's Impression of an Active Galactic Nucleus Space Wallpaper

Artist's Impression of an Active Galactic Nucleus Space Wallpaper
This cool space wallpaper shows an artist's impression of an active galaxy that has jets. (Image credit: ESO)

This cool space wallpaper shows an artist's impression of an active galaxy that has jets. The central engine is thought to be a supermassive black hole surrounded by an accretion disc and enshrouded in a dusty doughnut-shaped torus. The torus of dust and gas can be seen orbiting a flatter disc of swirling gas. In the center, the supermassive black hole is surrounded by a flat accretion disc of rapidly orbiting material. The jets are emitted at right angles from the plane of the disc.

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