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In What Direction Does the Outflow from a Quasar Go?

-- | August 8, 2015

Question: Thank you for answering! Is the supposed spinning the reason all the body’s caught in the pull stay in a synchronized belt around it? If so, where does a quasar emit? “North and south?” Or anywhere it pleases? I know very little known, but these questions are the reason I can’t sleep at night. — Nathan

Answer: Quasars emit their outflows which are suggested to coincide with the rotation axis of an embedded black hole. This direction is preferred as it represents the direction where the angular momentum is lowest, thus allowing the outflow material to propagate away from the black hole.

Jeff Mangum

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