Source: NRAOImage Credit:Marscher et al., Wolfgang Steffen, Cosmovision, NRAO/AUI/NSF
For the first time, astronomers have observed a blazar in action, substantiating a prevailing theory about how these luminous and energetic galactic cores work. Astronomers have recently gotten one of the best views at the innermost portion of the jet. As matter falls in, it chokes up, forming a super hot accretion disk around the black hole. From this extreme environment, the black hole-powered region spews out powerful jets of particles moving at the speed of light. (read more)
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