From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Mon Nov 17 2003 - 16:00:28 PST
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From: Chandra X-Ray Center
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 6:28 PM
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Subject: Chandra Digest (Nov 17): GB1508
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**GB1508+5714: Most Distant X-Ray Jet Yet
Discovered Provides Clues To Big Bang
The Chandra image of the quasar GB1508+5714 reveals a jet of
high-energy particles that extends more than 100,000 light
years from the supermassive black hole powering the quasar.
At a distance of 12 billion light years from Earth, this is
the most distant jet ever detected. The discovery of this
jet is especially significant because it provides astronomers
with a way to measure the intensity of the cosmic background
radiation about one billion years after the Big Bang.
< http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/gb1508/ >
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++ All recent New & Noteworthy features are available at
< http://chandra.harvard.edu/new.html >
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