Black hole jets ‘dance’ in the wind from a massive companion star
- Written by Steve Prabu, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Curtin University; University of Oxford
Strong stellar wind from a supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. International Centre for Radio Astronomy ResearchBlack holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe. They can fling material outwards at speeds close to that of light, in powerful beams of plasma known as jets. These jets are...
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