Through data collected by a survey carried out in California, a team of astronomers from NASA identified a flash in a celestial area that had not received a light signal the night before. Astronomers said it was a jet from a black hole located billions of light years from planet Earth. Check out what they say about the discovery.
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Characteristics of the observed phenomenon
After the discovery was recorded and shared, the astronomical community turned its telescopes to get more information about the powerful and bright flash. Check now what was observed from the record of the phenomenon:
brightness
According to the records, the source of the signal is most likely a black hole 8.5 billion light-years away from Earth, a supermassive black hole moving at a speed close to that of light. The process of absorption of a nearby star by the jet of light belonging to the black hole would be responsible for releasing a very large amount of energy. Hence the reason for the flash.
The event, dubbed AT 2022cmc, has been billed as the brightest tidal rupture event ever observed. It was concluded that the emitted light was brighter than 1,000 trillion suns.
The secret behind being able to spot an element at such a considerable distance is that the jet is simply pointed at our planet.
power
To go deeper into the studies on AT 2022cmc, astronomers Lucchini and Dheeraj Pasham started to observe it with a more technological telescope. So, on the third day, they noticed that the fountain had a very strong glow. Pasham claims that the phenomenon is more potent than the most powerful glow that appears after gamma-ray bursts.
Speed
Finally, from signal modeling made by Lucchini, it was concluded that the jet has a speed of 99.99% of the speed of light.
