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NASA’s IXPE Helps Solve Black Hole Jet Mystery

Astrophysicists solve mystery of 40-year-old black hole jet with NASA’s IXPE

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This illustration shows NASA’s IXPE spacecraft, right, observing blazar Markarian 501, left. A blazar is a black hole surrounded by a disk of gas and dust with a bright jet of high-energy particles pointed at Earth. The inset illustration shows high energy particles in the jet (blue). Credit: NASA/Pablo Garcia Blazars are among the brightest …

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Neutron stars are basically giant cosmic chocolates, say astrophysicists

Neutron stars are basically giant cosmic chocolates, say astrophysicists

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An illustration showing the inner workings of heavier (left) and lighter (right) neutron stars, imagined as pralines.Drawing: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla Astrophysicists modeling the interiors of neutron stars have discovered that extremely compact objects have different internal structures, depending on their mass. They to suggest think of the stars like different types of chocolate …

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Neutron stars are basically giant cosmic chocolates, say astrophysicists

Neutron stars are basically giant cosmic chocolates, say astrophysicists

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An illustration showing the inner workings of heavier (left) and lighter (right) neutron stars, imagined as pralines.Drawing: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla Astrophysicists modeling the interiors of neutron stars have discovered that extremely compact objects have different internal structures, depending on their mass. They to suggest think of the stars like different types of chocolate …

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