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. (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8300/7754600044_e7635a1c8f.jp...)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.Quite an interesting paper, will be cool to see how this might change our understanding of AGN and accretion of matter onto such objects.