Black Holes From Stellar to Supermassive Size May Follow One Jet-Launching Rule
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Scientists solve mystery of black hole 'burps'; new study reveals when these cosmic objects launch powerful jets after eating stars
Space & Astronomy News: When a star strays too close to a supermassive black hole, gravity can tear the star apart in what astronomers call a tidal disruption event. Some of .
Black holes from stellar to supermassive size may follow one jet-launching rule
An early-career Western Australian astrophysicist has helped uncover a universal rule behind one of the most powerful behaviors in the universe: when black holes launch jets. The discovery, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows black holes appear to fire off powerful jets at the same critical point in their feeding cycle—whether they are about 10 times the mass of the sun or millions of times heavier.
Astronomers have established why black holes, long after the destruction of the stars, begin to throw out powerful jets of matter. This is reported by The Guardian with reference to research by scientists who have studied dozens of such space events.
‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’
The astronomical bodies fire off powerful jets in two distinct phases in their feeding cycle, researchers discover Scientists have solved the mystery of when black holes “burp” – when the astronomical bodies launch jets after feeding on stars, blasting material enormous distances in space. Black holes are objects so densely compact that beyond a certain…
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