{"id":9950,"date":"2024-01-16T18:02:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T22:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-ixpe-helps-researchers-maximize-microquasar-findings\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T18:02:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T22:02:54","slug":"nasas-ixpe-helps-researchers-maximize-microquasar-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-ixpe-helps-researchers-maximize-microquasar-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s IXPE Helps Researchers Maximize \u2018Microquasar\u2019 Findings"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s IXPE Helps Researchers Maximize \u2018Microquasar\u2019 Findings<\/h2>\n

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This composite image of the Manatee Nebula captures the jet emanating from SS 433, a black hole devouring material embedded in the supernova remnant which spawned it. Radio emissions from the remnant are blue-green, whereas X-rays combined from IXPE, XMM-Newton, and Chandra are highlighted in bright blue-purple and pinkish-white\u00a0 against a backdrop of infrared data in red. The black hole emits twin jets of matter traveling in opposite directions at nearly the speed of light, distorting the remnant\u2019s shape. The jets become bright about 100 light years away from the black hole, where particles are accelerated to very high energies by shocks within the jet. The IXPE data shows that the magnetic field, which plays a key role in how particles are accelerated, is aligned parallel to the jet \u2013 aiding our understanding of how astrophysical jets accelerate these particles to high energies.<\/div>\n
X-ray: (IXPE): NASA\/MSFC\/IXPE; (Chandra): NASA\/CXC\/SAO; (XMM): ESA\/XMM-Newton; IR: NASA\/JPL\/Caltech\/WISE; Radio: NRAO\/AUI\/NSF\/VLA\/B. Saxton. (IR\/Radio image created with data from M. Goss, et al.); Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/N. Wolk & K.Arcand<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n
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This composite image of the Manatee Nebula captures the jet emanating from SS 433, a black hole devouring material embedded in the supernova remnant which spawned it. Radio emissions from the remnant are blue-green, whereas X-rays combined from IXPE, XMM-Newton, and Chandra are highlighted in bright blue-purple and pinkish-white\u00a0 against a backdrop of infrared data in red. The black hole emits twin jets of matter traveling in opposite directions at nearly the speed of light, distorting the remnant\u2019s shape. The jets become bright about 100 light years away from the black hole, where particles are accelerated to very high energies by shocks within the jet. The IXPE data shows that the magnetic field, which plays a key role in how particles are accelerated, is aligned parallel to the jet \u2013 aiding our understanding of how astrophysical jets accelerate these particles to high energies.<\/div>\n
X-ray: (IXPE): NASA\/MSFC\/IXPE; (Chandra): NASA\/CXC\/SAO; (XMM): ESA\/XMM-Newton; IR: NASA\/JPL\/Caltech\/WISE; Radio: NRAO\/AUI\/NSF\/VLA\/B. Saxton. (IR\/Radio image created with data from M. Goss, et al.); Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/N. Wolk & K.Arcand<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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