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Bow Shocks Intergalactic Medium Gamma Rays

Space VLBI Captures Ribbon-Like Jet and Shock Wave at Core of Blazar OJ 287

The images confirm a binary supermassive black hole at OJ 287’s core, making the blazar a leading laboratory for merger-driven gravitational wave research.