NASA’s Chandra Telescope Observes Mysterious ‘Knots’ Blasting from Nearby Black Hole Jets

NASA’s Chandra Telescope Observes Mysterious ‘Knots’ Blasting from Nearby Black Hole Jets

A recent study of black hole jets from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has identified bright formations or “knots” in these jets, with each showing unexpected variations in speed. This analysis, led by David Bogensberger, an astrophysicist at the University of Michigan, examined decades-old Chandra data on the supermassive black hole…