Gas blasts from black holes show surprising alignment
Pattern, if real, suggests clues to structure formation in early universe
![Hercules A galaxy](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/042116-cc-aligned-galaxies_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
GALACTIC GEYSERS Galactic fountains of gas, such as those erupting from nearby galaxy Hercules A, appear to be aligned among a dozen remote galaxies, a new study suggests. This image is a composite from the Very Large Array radio observatory (pink) and the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea/RIT, R. Perley and W. Cotton/NRAO/AUI/NSF, the Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA