'Dancing' jets erupting from a cannibalistic black hole have the power of 10,000 suns

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'Dancing' jets erupting from a cannibalistic black hole have the power of 10,000 suns

Astronomers watched as jets blasting from a black hole cannibalized a blue supergiant companion star. Data from the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKA) radio telescope allowed the team to …

Astronomers watched as jets blasting from a black hole cannibalized a blue supergiant companion star. Data from the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKA) radio telescope allowed the team to measure the power of these outbursts, finding them as powerful as the output of 10,000 suns, which could help to reveal how they shape entire galaxies around them. …

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