Credit & Copyright: NASA,
Pablo Garcia
Explanation:
How do black holes create X-rays?
Answering this long-standing question was significantly
advanced recently with data taken by NASABs
IXPE satellite.
X-rays cannot exit a
black hole,
but they can be created in the
energetic environment nearby,
in particular by a
jet of particles moving outward.
By observing
X-ray light
arriving from near the
supermassive black hole
at the center of galaxy
BL Lac, called a
blazar,
it was discovered that these X-rays lacked significant
polarization, which is expected when created more by energetic
electrons than
protons.
In the featured artistic illustration, a powerful
jet
is depicted emanating from an orange-colored
accretion disk circling the black hole.
Understanding highly
energetic processes
across the universe helps humanity to understand
similar
processes that occur on or near
our Earth.
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