Astronomers Trace 3,000-Light-Year Cosmic Blowtorch to M87

Astronomers have discovered where a huge stream of energy, called a cosmic blowtorch, comes from in space.

This stream is 3,000 light-years long and starts near a supermassive black hole named M87.

M87 is a very big black hole, much bigger than the one in our galaxy.

Scientists used special telescopes to see how this energy stream starts and moves.

They found that the stream begins very close to the black hole.

This helps them understand how black holes can shoot out so much energy.

In the future, they want to take even better pictures to see how this energy stream changes over time.