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The X-Ray Jets of XTE J1550
Image Credit: CXC, NASA; Illustration Credit: M. Weiss (CXC)
Explanation: The motion of ultra-fast jets shooting out from a candidate black hole star
system have now been documented by observations from the orbiting Chandra X-ray
Observatory. In 1998, X-ray source XTE J1550-564 underwent a tremendous outburst. Jets
of material sent streaming into space at near light-speed impacted existing gas heating it so
much it glowed in X-ray light. The panels on the left
Image Credit: CXC, NASA; Illustration Credit: M. Weiss (CXC)
Explanation: The motion of ultra-fast jets shooting out from a candidate black hole star
system have now been documented by observations from the orbiting Chandra X-ray
Observatory. In 1998, X-ray source XTE J1550-564 underwent a tremendous outburst. Jets
of material sent streaming into space at near light-speed impacted existing gas heating it so
much it glowed in X-ray light. The panels on the left