Friday, September 27, 2024

Hubble Spots Black Hole Beam Causing Stellar Eruptions | NASA Goddard

Hubble Spots Black Hole Beam Causing Stellar Eruptions | NASA Goddard

In a surprise finding, astronomers, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of M87, a huge galaxy 54 million light years away, seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory. 

The stars, called novae, are not caught inside the jet, but in a dangerous area near it.

A nova erupts in a double-star system where an aging, swelled-up, normal star spills hydrogen onto a burned-out white dwarf companion star. When the white dwarf has collected a big enough layer of hydrogen, it explodes out into space.


Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Duration: 3 minutes

Release Date: Sept. 27, 2024


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