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Peering into the heart of an active galaxy

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New extremely high-resolution observations of the radio jets of the active galaxy Centaurus A have revealed striking brightening at the jet edges. This may be a common feature of jet outflows from active galaxies, but its origin remains unclear.

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Fig. 1: Jets emerging from the centre of Centaurus A.

ESO/WFI (optical), MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A. Weiss et al. (submillimetre), NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Kraft et al. (X-ray) (a); Springer Nature Ltd (b); Pearson Education (c).

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