Bright flash is a black hole jet pointing at Earth, astronomers say
Typically Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) with the jets pointed directly at Earth are referred to as Blazars. (<a href="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8300/7754600044_e7635a1c8f.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8300/7754600044_e7635a1c8f.jp...</a>)<p>But this event seems to be something a little different. Its a lot closer to us than a lot of blazars typically are, and the emission seems to infer a different source than is typically seens for blazars.<p>Quite an interesting paper, will be cool to see how this might change our understanding of AGN and accretion of matter onto such objects.