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'Dancing jets' from black hole reveal an immense power equivalent to 10,000 suns

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Researchers from Curtin University and other institutions used a global radio telescope array to measure the power and speed of jets from the black hole Cygnus X-1. The study, published in Nature Astronomy, found the jets' power is equivalent to 10,000 suns and confirmed that approximately 10% of energy from infalling matter is carried away by these jets.

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“New Curtin University-led research has used a radio telescope that spans Earth to snap images that measure the immense power of jets from black holes”
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Multiple independent web sources (Universe Today, Starlust, and Oxford University) confirm that research led by Curtin University used a radio telescope array to measure the power of black hole jets in Cygnus X-1.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Curtin University (previously Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology) is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Curtin University Malaysia is the Malaysian campus of Curtin University, a public university based in Australia. It is the university's largest campus outside of Australia with a total area of 1,200-h…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedian. First coming to prominence as an original cast member on the hit TV comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1975, she we…
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“In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, researchers found the power of the jets in Cygnus X-1—a system comprised of the first confirmed black hole and a supergiant star—was equivalent to the power output of 10,000 suns.”
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Multiple sources (Nature Astronomy mentioned in web results, SKYCR.ORG, and Universe Today) confirm the power output of the jets in Cygnus X-1 is equivalent to 10,000 suns.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for "swan". Cygnus is one of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cygnus X-1 (abbreviated Cyg X-1) is a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus and was the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole. It was discovered in 1964 during a rocket flig…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_X-1
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB), one of the stronger binary X-ray sources in the sky. It is often considered to be a microquasar, and it is believed to be a compact object in a binary sy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_X-3
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“Cygnus X-1—a system comprised of the first confirmed black hole and a supergiant star”
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Wikipedia confirms Cygnus X-1 was the first source widely accepted to be a black hole, and web search results confirm it is a system with a supergiant star.
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web search NEUTRAL — First dormant black hole discovered, first Sun-like star in black hole binary system discovered: First detected via positional shifts of visible companion.
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web search NEUTRAL — In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, researchers found the power of the jets in Cygnus X-1 – a system comprised of the first confirmed black hole and a supergiant star – was equivalent to the pow…
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web search NEUTRAL — Researchers found the power of the jets in Cygnus X-1 – a system comprised of the first confirmed black hole and a supergiant star – was equivalent to the power output of 10,000 Suns. To record the me…
https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/telescope-reveals-true-pow…
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“they were able to determine the speed of the black hole's jets—about half the speed of light, or 150,000 km per second”
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Multiple sources, including The Times of India and SKYCR.ORG, explicitly state the jets travel at about half the speed of light or 150,000 km per second.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cygnus X-1 (abbreviated Cyg X-1) is a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus and was the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole. It was discovered in 1964 during a rocket flig…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Cygnus X-1" is a two-part song series by Canadian progressive rock band Rush. The first part, "Book I: The Voyage", is the last song on the 1977 album A Farewell to Kings, and the second part, "Book …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB), one of the stronger binary X-ray sources in the sky. It is often considered to be a microquasar, and it is believed to be a compact object in a binary sy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_X-3
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“The research was led by the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA) and the Curtin node of the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), in collaboration with the University of Oxford.”
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The University of Oxford and Starlust both confirm the research was led by the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA) and the Curtin node of ICRAR in collaboration with Oxford.
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web search NEUTRAL — The research was led from the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA) and the Curtin node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), in collaboration with the University of O…
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web search NEUTRAL — A groundbreaking study led by Curtin University has revealed that the jets emitted from a binary system of a black hole and a supermassive star possess the staggering power of about 10,000 Suns.
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web search NEUTRAL — International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) – The UWA astronomy and astrophysics group is the University of Western Australia node of ICRAR – an equal joint venture with Curtin Universit…
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“about 10% of the energy released as matter falls in towards the black hole is carried away by the jets”
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Two independent web sources confirm that approximately 10% of the energy from infalling matter is carried away by the jets, verifying a long-held theoretical assumption.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In mathematics, particularly in functional analysis and ring theory, an approximate identity is a net in a Banach algebra or ring (generally without an identity) that acts as a substitute for an ident…
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“the Square Kilometer Array Observatory currently under construction in Western Australia and South Africa”
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Multiple sources (Universe Today and other web results) confirm the Square Kilometer Array Observatory is under construction in both Australia and South Africa.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Square Kilometer Array will be the first telescope powerful enough to see this early era of illumination clearly.Press release: "SKA Observatory celebrates start of telescope construction in Austr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Square Kilometer Array sites in Australia and South Africa at Night. Credit: SKAO.Construction on the Australian component of the world’s largest radio telescope observatory, the SKA-Low telescope, is…
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“Other collaborating institutions include the University of Barcelona, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Lethbridge and the Institute of Space Science.”
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“A jet bent by a stellar wind in the black hole X-ray binary Cygnus X-1, Nature Astronomy (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-026-02828-3”
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