Astrophysical jets from black holes play a key role in cosmic evolution, impacting star formation and revealing insights ...

Fast-moving matter outflows (or “jets”) launched from black holes would be an ideal site for particle acceleration, but the details on how and under which conditions acceleration processes can ...

Yet, protostars and supermassive black holes do have at least one thing in common: They both launch high-speed astrophysical jets from their poles while gathering mass to increase in size.

“We still don’t fully understand how particles are accelerated near the black hole or within the jet,” said Weidong ... during gamma-ray flares from particle acceleration events and test ...

"For such a faint and unknown target, we were not sure if we would get any data at all — but the strategy worked." Astronomers studying elusive supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies ...

By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...