Expansion under high pressure and temperature results in gas from the accretion disk being propelled away from the black hole as jets. What direction do these jets take?
A) They can take any direction except the equatorial plane, which is blocked by the accretion disk.
B) They originate from hot spots at middle latitudes north and south of the equatorial disk.
C) They move out along the spin axes.
D) They move out along the magnetic axes.
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