Astronomers have measured the power of a jet streaming from a black hole.
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Astronomers have measured the power of a jet streaming from a black hole.
The jet from Cygnus X-1 -- a black hole orbiting a massive blue star -- is 10,000 times as powerful as the whole Sun! (That's 10^37 ergs/sec.) And it's moving at 50% the speed of light.
https://news.wisc.edu/scientists-measure-force-of-powerful-jets-streaming-from-a-black-hole-in-the-cygnus-system/ #space #science #astronomy #nature
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Astronomers have measured the power of a jet streaming from a black hole.
The jet from Cygnus X-1 -- a black hole orbiting a massive blue star -- is 10,000 times as powerful as the whole Sun! (That's 10^37 ergs/sec.) And it's moving at 50% the speed of light.
https://news.wisc.edu/scientists-measure-force-of-powerful-jets-streaming-from-a-black-hole-in-the-cygnus-system/ #space #science #astronomy #nature
The bright star in Cygnus X-1 emits a powerful wind that bends the jet streaming away from its companion black hole. By analyzing how the wind bends the jet, the astronomers were able to calculate how much power is in the jet. Very crafty.
Full paper at link.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02828-3 #nature #science #astronomy
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Astronomers have measured the power of a jet streaming from a black hole.
The jet from Cygnus X-1 -- a black hole orbiting a massive blue star -- is 10,000 times as powerful as the whole Sun! (That's 10^37 ergs/sec.) And it's moving at 50% the speed of light.
https://news.wisc.edu/scientists-measure-force-of-powerful-jets-streaming-from-a-black-hole-in-the-cygnus-system/ #space #science #astronomy #nature
Nitpicking I think it should be "at right" in the Alt text.
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Astronomers have measured the power of a jet streaming from a black hole.
The jet from Cygnus X-1 -- a black hole orbiting a massive blue star -- is 10,000 times as powerful as the whole Sun! (That's 10^37 ergs/sec.) And it's moving at 50% the speed of light.
https://news.wisc.edu/scientists-measure-force-of-powerful-jets-streaming-from-a-black-hole-in-the-cygnus-system/ #space #science #astronomy #nature
@coreyspowell wow... TIL... people still use ergs?
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@coreyspowell wow... TIL... people still use ergs?
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