![The compact radio jet in the center of the Teacup galaxy The compact radio jet in the center of the Teacup galaxy blows a lateral turbulent wind in the cold dense gas, as predicted by the simulations. Credit: HST/ ALMA/ VLA/ M. Meenakshi/ D. Mukherjee/ A. Audibert](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_square_2_2_to_320px/public/images/news/pressTeacup_0.png?h=a25d5d80&itok=PvoIQhcs)
When matter falls into supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies, it unleashes enormous amounts of energy and is called active galactic nuclei (or AGN). A fraction of AGN release part of this energy as jets that are detectable in radio wavelengths that travel at velocities close to light speed. Our research into the interplay between the jet and the cold gas in the Teacup galaxy helps us to better understand how galaxies evolve. The Teacup is a radio-quiet quasar located 1.3 billion light years from us and its nickname comes from the expanding bubbles seen in the optical and radio
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