Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where to look for life in the universe
One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar—a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic ...
Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where − and where not − to look for life in the universe
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.
Event Horizon Telescope allows close study of accelerating jets from black holes
An international team of researchers used multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei to study how black holes ...
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Sagittarius A* in the Spotlight: When Our Galactic Neighbor Sheds Light on Black Holes
New infrared observations of Sagittarius A* uncover flaring activity in its accretion disk, advancing knowledge of black ...
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Magnetic field around black hole baffles astronomers
WASHINGTON: A sudden outburst of jets from a black hole 8,000 light years from Earth has offered astronomers a rare opportunity to measure the surrounding magnetic field, only to find it weaker than ...
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The Milky Way’s black hole is constantly bubbling
The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.
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Accelerating jets from black holes
An international team of researchers used multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei to study how black holes launch relativistic jets. The sixteen sources were observed with the Event ...
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NASA's Chandra Uncovers Clues in Ancient Star Ruins
Mining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the team of astronomers studied the relics that one star left behind after ...