Two Space Objects Are Spitting Out Wind At Nearly A Quarter The Speed Of Light

  • 8 years ago
Winds nearly a quarter the speed of light have been observed emanating from two ultra-luminous x-ray sources in neighboring galaxies. Those x-ray sources are believed to be black holes feasting on their companion stars at a rate far beyond traditionally understood limits.


Winds nearly a quarter the speed of light have been observed emanating from two ultra-luminous x-ray sources in neighboring galaxies. 

Those x-ray sources are believed to be black holes feasting on their companion stars at a rate far beyond traditionally understood limits.

Writing in the journal Nature, researchers from the University of Cambridge used data gathered from the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory to delineate the massive strength of the mysterious x-ray sources and the

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