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At the centre of Centaurus A is a black hole with the mass of 55 million suns. This is the place where a massive jet is born.

EHT pinpoints dark heart of the nearest radio galaxy

Centaurus A, one of the closest active galaxies to Earth, belongs to the brightest objects in the sky. An international team has now imaged the heart of Centaurus A in unprecedented detail. Scientists from the University of Würzburg were involved.

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Visualisation of the new DFG research group's holistic approach: observations (right) and theoretical modelling (left) of jets are combined on the smallest and largest scales.

Jets Pose Many Riddles

The super-energetic jets that shoot out of black holes are in the focus of a new DFG research group. The researchers are being funded with 3.6 million euros.

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The genetic material of the thale cress comprises around 125 million base pairs. A team from the University of Würzburg has now taken a closer look at three million of them.

Genome studies: more is not always better

The characteristics of plants of the same species can have different genetic causes depending on their origin. This is shown by a recent study at the University of Würzburg.

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