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Black Hole Shoots Pink Jet Of Death

A supermassive black hole is blasting a powerful jet, smashing a nearby galaxy in the system known as 3C321, NASA says. The jet's unprecedented "galactic violence" could wreak destruction on any planets in its path, and could create a burst of new stars. Image by AP/NASA.

10:15 AM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By charliejane
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