All articles tagged with #black hole jets
NASA's IXPE mission's longest observation of the Perseus Cluster has identified the origin of X-rays in a supermassive black hole's jet, confirming that the X-rays originate from inverse Compton scattering within the jet, primarily supporting the synchrotron self-Compton model, through polarization measurements combined with data from other observatories.
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered bright 'knots' in the jet of a nearby black hole in the Centaurus A galaxy, which appear to move faster in X-rays than in radio wavelengths. This finding, published in The Astrophysical Journal, highlights the complexity of black hole jets and the need for further study. The research comes amid concerns over potential budget cuts to the observatory, which is crucial for X-ray astronomy.