Weirdly wobbly jets may be evidence of elusive supermassive black hole pairings

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The 'wobble' of jets blasting out from active galaxies, or blazars, is 'smoking gun' evidence for supermassive black hole binary systems that elude astronomers, a new study reports.

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Messier 106 is the poster child for wobbly jets, especially in the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared images. It appears that at least 2 SMBHs have active jets: