Meet the Milky Way’s first microblazar

È un sistema stellare formato da una stella massiccia e da un buco nero il cui getto è rivolto verso la Terra. Nella regione in cui il getto colpisce la nube molecolare le particelle vengono accelerat...

Meet the Milky Way’s first microblazar

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First real evidence of a microblazar, something theorized for decades. Astronomy

Meet the Milky Way’s first microblazar

Astronomers may have spotted a fun-sized version of one of the brightest and most mysterious cosmic objects. An elusive microblazar, a scaled-down form of Stay updated with the latest global news from MISRYOUM.

Meet the Milky Way’s first microblazar

Astronomers report the first microblazar in the Milky Way, a black hole about 12,000 light-years away that fires plasma toward Earth.

Un equipo internacional de científicos ha descubierto el primer microblázar de la Vía Láctea, un agujero negro que orbita una estrella masiv

Un sistema oculto tras el polvo de la Vía Láctea podría ser el primer microblázar galáctico identificado con evidencias sólidas y un potente acelerador natural de partículas.

An invisible stream of superfast plasma is heading straight for Earth, and scientists are thrilled. The reason why is that these jets offer the first evidence of a microblazar. This is a tiny version of a blazar—an active galactic nucleus that contains a supermassive black hole that throws out high-speed jets of plasma at Earth. Scientists have long believed small versions of blazars exist in our own galaxy, but nobody had ever seen one—until now. In a new preprint study, researchers describe how they discovered a microblazar “hiding in plain sight,” said Josep Martí, an astronomer at the University of Jaén in Spain and lead author of the paper, in a statement. On supporting science journalism If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. The system is around 12,000 light-years from Earth and consists of a star and black hole orbiting each other. Because they’re so close together, the black hole draws matter from the star. The black hole absorbs some of this material and shoots some of it toward Earth. The ejected...

0:00 Astronomers have found the first convincing “microblazar” in our Galaxy — a star with a black hole orbiting around it, firing a beam of near-light-speed matter almost straight towards Earth. Its...

0:00 Astronomers have found the first convincing “microblazar” in our Galaxy — a star with a black hole orbiting around it, firing a beam of near-light-speed matter almost straight towards Earth. Its opposite, invisible beam slams into a cloud of gas and may be the source of some of the most energetic particles ever detected. […]

Un equipo liderado por la Universidad de Jaén descubre el primer microblazar de la Vía Láctea, un agujero negro cuyo chorro apunta casi directamente hacia la Tierra.

Blazars, bijzonder energierijke objecten die deze energie ook met onvoorstelbare kracht uitstoten zijn tot nog toe hemellichamen die zeer ver weg staan en daarom niet in detail bestudeerd kunnen worden. Recentelijk is er echter een microblazar (een kleinere versie) in onze eigen Melkweg ontdekt.

Blazars, bijzonder energierijke objecten die deze energie ook met onvoorstelbare kracht uitstoten zijn tot nog toe hemellichamen die zeer ver weg staan en daarom niet in detail bestudeerd kunnen worden. Recentelijk is er echter een microblazar (een kleinere versie) in onze eigen Melkweg ontdekt.