Scientists measure power of jets blasting from black hole
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Scientists for the first time have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole.
The international team reported Thursday that the jet power from Cygnus 1-X, a relatively close black hole-star system, is equivalent to 10,000 suns.
And the jet speed is roughly half the speed of light.
Cygnus X-1 features not only a black hole but a blue supergiant star, its constant companion.
This binary system is located in our Milky Way’s Cygnus, or swan, constellation.
The findings appear in the journal Nature Astronomy.
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