Meet Porphyrion, the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen. The gargantuan fountains could shape cosmic structures far beyond their own galaxy.

Astronomers have spotted a massive pair of jets releasing material from a distant black hole. The jets are so large they span about 140 Milky Way galaxies in length.

A supermassive black hole blasting astrophysical jets into space has carved out the biggest structure of galactic origin we've ever seen. It's been named Porphyrion, after the king of giants in ...

Astronomers have seen the largest jets ever found erupting from a black hole. The giant jet system Porphyrion is 23 million light-years long, equal to 140 side-by-side Milky Way galaxies.

An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light-years.

An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light-years.

Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light- years. That is equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back-to-back.

Astronomers have discovered the longest black hole jets ever recorded, reaching an astounding 23 million light-years in length. These jets, named Porphyrion, originate from a supermassive black ...

Porphyrion is an ancient jet structure, dating back to when the universe was just 6.3 billion years old (it is now nearly 14 billion years old).Oei added that if Porphyrion’s jets were as wide ...

An artist’s illustration of the Porphyrion jet pair escaping a black hole and passing through voids in the cosmic web. E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. Oei In a distant ...

Astronomers have spotted a massive pair of jets releasing material from a distant black hole. The jets are so large they span about 140 Milky Way galaxies in length.