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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10555633.stm
As if it's not problem enough to factor in having your space fleet avoid black holes, they could be shooting at you while you alter course! (Or indeed, as you intentionally plot a course to approach them, intending to use their gravity well to jump to FTL.)
-Derek
A small black hole has been observed blowing a vast bubble of hot gas 1,000 light-years across.
The gas is expanding because it is being heated by powerful particle "jets" being released by the black hole.
The observations were made by the Very Large Telescope in Chile and Nasa's Chandra space observatory.
Astronomers have unveiled the findings in the latest edition of Nature journal.
As if it's not problem enough to factor in having your space fleet avoid black holes, they could be shooting at you while you alter course! (Or indeed, as you intentionally plot a course to approach them, intending to use their gravity well to jump to FTL.)
-Derek