Black Hole Jets Measured for First Time

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Scientists have measured the unprecedented power of jets blasting from a black hole in the Cygnus X-one system, 7,200 light-years away. These jets, fueled by a blue supergiant star, pack the energy of ten thousand suns and travel at half the speed of light. Researchers, led by Steve Prabu from Oxford University, discovered that ten percent of the energy f…

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Scientists have measured the unprecedented power of jets blasting from a black hole in the Cygnus X-one system, 7,200 light-years away. These jets, fueled by a blue supergiant star, pack the energy of ten thousand suns and travel at half the speed of light. Researchers, led by Steve Prabu from Oxford University, discovered that ten percent of the energy from matter falling into the black hole is funneled into these jets, providing new insights into how black holes shape galaxies. Support the sho

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