World's first glimpse of a black hole 'launchpad'
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
A strange thing about black holes: they shine. New research may shed light on the origin of the bright jets given off by some black holes. In a world first, scientists have been able to look at a distant black hole and resolve the area where its jets are launched from. This is the first empirical evidence to support the connection between black hole spin and black hole jets that has been long suspected on theoretical grounds.