![Jet blowing bubbles in the Teacup galaxy Jet blowing bubbles in the Teacup galaxy](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_square_2_2_to_320px/public/images/media/image/pressTeacup.png?h=4e9dc602&itok=Gyow_URz)
A study led by Anelise Audibert, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), reveals a process that explains the peculiar morphology of the central region of the Teacup galaxy, a massive quasar located 1.3 billion light-years away from us. This object is characterized by the presence of expanding gas bubbles produced by winds emanating from its central supermassive black hole. The study confirms that a compact jet, only visible at radio waves, is altering the shape and increasing the temperature of the surrounding gas, blowing bubbles that expand laterally. These findings
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