Astronomers discover the 1st black hole powered 'microquasar' in the Milky Way
Astronomers have identified a 'microquasar' in the Milky Way, a stellar-mass black hole that emits high-speed plasma jets. The object was previously hidden by dense interstellar dust, marking a significant discovery in understanding black hole behavior.
Why it matters
This discovery provides new insights into how smaller black holes interact with their environment and produce high-energy phenomena similar to supermassive blazars.
"It sits behind so much dust that it is essentially invisible in ordinary optical images."
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Click for next article An illustration of the microquasar IRAS 18293 0941 (Image credit: B. Marcote (JIVE/ASTRON)) Copy link Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Astronomers have discovered the first microblazar in the Milky Way, a black hole-powered particle accelerator that is blasting near-light-speed plasma jets at Earth.
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