10,000 suns: Black hole ‘dancing jets’ clocked at instantaneous power in a first
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Astronomers used a global network of radio telescopes to finally measure the speed of jets from Cygnus X-1, a black hole 7,200 light-years away, discovering they blast material at half the speed of light with power equivalent to 10,000 suns. This breakthrough confirms the "10% rule" that physicists use in computer simulations of how black holes convert falling matter into jet energy, providing crucial data for understanding how these cosmic engines shape galaxy formation across the universe.
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