Scientists discover fountain of anti-matter in galaxy measuring 40 trillion miles

[Judi Lynn]

Longest-ever observed filament found using Nasa’s Chandra X-ray observatory

Jon Kelvey
9 hours ago

Astronomers have discovered a 40-trillion-mile-long filament of matter and antimatter ejected by a pulsar and glowing in X-ray light, the largest one ever found.

Astronomers first discovered the filament, which are the largest known structures in the universe, in 2020 using Nasa’s Chandra X-ray observatory, a space telescope turned to X-ray energies.

But Chandra’s detector was not large enough to view the full length of the plume, and in a recent press release, the Chandra team announced the discovery of the record-breaking length — three times longer than any plume observed previously — based on new observations.

The source of the plume is pulsar PSR J2030+4415, a rapidly spinning neutron star with a powerful magnetic field around 1,600 light years from Earth within our galaxy. A pulsar compresses all the maps of a supermassive star into a space the size of a small city, spinning three times Each second.

More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/scientists-antimatter-fountain-galaxy-b2036554.html

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Hard to fathom.

[Roy Rolling]

2. Conversion

It’s easier if you think of it as 10,000 trillion giraffes long.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. LMFAO!! 😂🤣

[Javaman]

7. correction: 10,000 1/2 giraffes long. ;) LOL nt

[markbark]

3. Neat!

....although I would quibble with "the filament, which are the largest known structures in the universe"
40 trillion miles is a tad under 7 light years. Galactic superclusters are a wee bit larger

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. Sry but now I must quibble w/ YOU! tRump's SupadupaGalactic ClusterFucks are a GAZILLION miles long!

[Angleae]

6. Possibly even a Brazillion miles.