What do you see if you peer into the exhaust of a jet engine larger than our Solar System? Only astronomers with the largest radio telescopes can see the full picture — and definitive observations are beginning to filter through.
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Meier, D. Exhaust inspection. Nature 452, 945–946 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452945b
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