Swirling abstract light painting creating a tunnel-like effect with vibrant colors.

They twist space itself

A spinning black hole drags spacetime like a whirlpool. In the ergosphere, you cannot stay still.

Black Holes: Spin—The Power to Twist Space

Relativistic jets from the supermassive black hole in Centaurus A extend perpendicularly from the galaxy.

Steal a black hole’s energy

The Penrose process—and its magnetic cousin, Blandford–Znajek—can extract rotational energy, likely powering some relativistic jets.

Black Holes: Spin—The Power to Twist Space

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