Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted January 28, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted January 28, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Astronomers Capture Supermassive ****** Hole Plasma Jets at Birth For the first time, astronomers have directly observed a supermassive ****** hole ejecting a jet of plasma traveling at one-third the speed of light. This rare phenomenon, located 270 million light-years away in the constellation Draco, centers around the ****** hole at the heart of galaxy 1ES 1927+654, which holds a mass 1.4 billion times that of the Sun. The discovery provides groundbreaking insights into the formation and behavior of ****** hole jets, previously unseen at their inception. Study Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters The This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, details how researchers observed jets emerging after a significant radio flare in the galaxy’s core in 2023. Data collected by the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) revealed highly ionized plasma jets erupting from the ****** hole’s poles. Initially obscured by dense gas, the jets broke through by early 2024, each extending about half a light-year. Lead researcher Dr. Eileen Meyer, an astrophysicist at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, emphasised the uniqueness of capturing such an event in real time, in a This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up by an official press release from NASA. A Rare Insight into ****** Hole Jet Formation As This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up by space.com, supermassive ****** holes in active galaxies often eject twin jets of plasma propelled by intense magnetic fields. While these jets, sometimes stretching millions of light-years, have been studied extensively, their formation remained elusive. This observation offers a rare opportunity to investigate the mechanisms by which ****** holes channel material from their accretion disks into high-speed outflows. Significance of the Discovery The ****** hole in 1ES 1927+654 first garnered attention in 2018 due to unusual outbursts in multiple wavelengths of light. After a dormant *******, activity resumed in 2023, leading to this unprecedented observation. By capturing the jet’s emergence, the study provides valuable data to refine models of ****** hole activity and better understand the role of magnetic forces in generating these massive, high-energy jets. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Astronomers #Capture #Supermassive #****** #Hole #Plasma #Jets #Birth This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up For verified travel tips and real support, visit: https://hopzone.eu/ 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/202114-astronomers-capture-supermassive-black-hole-plasma-jets-at-birth/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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