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.

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.

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.

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

IRAS 18293-0941, a dust-buried binary star that sat forgotten in catalogues, launches a jet close to our line of sight. It is the strongest case yet for a microblazar inside the Milky Way, and its oth

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

All over the universe, black holes shoot jets out into space. And by coincidence, some of those jets are going to be aimed toward us. On September 22, 2026, astronomers said that — for the first — time they’ve found a black hole jet aimed toward Earth in our own galaxy. They’re calling this black hole system a microblazar. The black hole has a companion star that’s feeding material into the black hole. The black hole later expels that material in two jets, rushing outward at three quarters of the speed of light. One of those jets is aimed at us. The other we can see only because it’s smashing into a nearby molecular cloud, causing it to light up. The journal Astronomy & Astrophysics has accepted the astronomers’ study for publication. The researchers pre-published it on arXiv on September 1, 2026. The discovery of a microblazar Astronomers believe supermassive black holes lie at the heart of most galaxies. And many of those black holes power jets, some of which are aimed toward Earth. Astronomers call them blazars. But they’ve long suspected microblazars — with jets pointed at us from black holes powered by stellar companions — also exist. They...

IRAS 18293-0941 est le premier microblazar de notre galaxie : un trou noir stellaire qui pointe son jet vers la Terre, caché derrière la poussière.

Meet the Milky Way’s first microblazar

Meet the Milky Way’s first microblazar

Um objeto cósmico apresentado como o primeiro microblazar da Via Láctea estava escondido em observações já disponíveis. O fenômeno combina um sistema estelar compacto, emissão intensa e um jato de partículas alinhado com a direção da Terra.

Une équipe d'astronomes a identifié le premier microblazar de notre galaxie. Il pourrait en être l'un des accélérateurs de particules les plus puissants.

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Meet the Milky Way’s first microblazar

Meet the Milky Way’s first microblazar

Μια μαύρη τρύπα που κρυβόταν για χρόνια πίσω από ένα πυκνό πέπλο κοσμικής σκόνης αποδείχθηκε ότι τροφοδοτεί έναν πανίσχυρο «επιταχυντή» σωματιδίων μέσα στον ίδιο μας τον Γαλαξία. Οι αστρονόμοι ανακοίνωσαν την ανακάλυψη του πρώτου microblazar που έχει εντοπιστεί στον Γαλαξία μας, ενός συστήματος στο

It's the first convincing "microblazar" ever discovered.

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

Astronomers confirm the Milky Way’s first microblazar, with a black-hole jet aimed almost directly towards Earth.

Meet the Milky Way’s first microblazar