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I'm not sure you are talking about the same thing. These bubbles are thought to come from a black hole "eating" a star, and are a relatively recent result. Yo
by dhimes 15y ago
I'm not sure you are talking about the same thing. These bubbles are thought to come from a black hole "eating" a star, and are a relatively recent result. You are talking about a long-known polar jet from an accretion disk.
See the article linked in my other comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3723535 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3723535
EDIT: to clarify, the new result is a further development of the previous ideas.
- oscilloscope 15y agoA black hole pulls material off of the star it "eats", creating an accretion disk. Artist's conception: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Accretion_disk.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Accretion... But you're right- the bubbles are not the jets themselves. The bubbles would be interstellar gas energized by the relativistic particles. As the gas diffuses, it spreads from the jet's cone into a large bubble.