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Loading contentThe leading explanation for how relativistic jets are powered: magnetic field lines threading a spinning black hole extract its rotational energy and fling plasma outward. Proposed by Roger Blandford and Roman Znajek in 1977, it lets a black hole act as a cosmic engine, converting spin into the enormous power of a jet.
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