ScienceMilky Way’s first microblazar may produce the galaxy’s fastest particles
Phys.org reports that the system accelerates particles to petaelectronvolt energies where its jet strikes a molecular cloud—about 100 times the Large Hadron Collider’s energy scale.
TLDR
An international team including astronomers from ASTRON, JIVE and the University of Amsterdam has found the Milky Way’s first microblazar, Phys.org reports. The outlet says the stellar system accelerates particles to petaelectronvolt energies where its jet strikes a molecular cloud, and may produce the fastest particles in the galaxy.
Milky Way’s first microblazar may produce the galaxy’s fastest particles
Phys.org reports that the system accelerates particles to petaelectronvolt energies where its jet strikes a molecular cloud—about 100 times the Large Hadron Collider’s energy scale.
TLDR
An international team including astronomers from ASTRON, JIVE and the University of Amsterdam has found the Milky Way’s first microblazar, Phys.org reports. The outlet says the stellar system accelerates particles to petaelectronvolt energies where its jet strikes a molecular cloud, and may produce the fastest particles in the galaxy.