Scientists have spotted a "black hole jet" that is 23 million light-years in length, erupting from a super-massive black hole God knows where. It´s been nicknamed Porphyrion, after a titan in Greek mythology.
A powerful argument for atheism and the pitiless indifference of the cosmos? Maybe. But interestingly enough, black hole jets may have been instrumental in spreading magnetism throughout the universe. And without magnetism, ultimately no life.
So perhaps a bizarre phenomenon like Porphyrion is really the cradle of our existence...
Fill in alternative scene speculations about pillars of light, axis mundi, plasma and the Shiva lingam here.
