An Earth-sized radio telescope watched the first known black hole, and its jets pack the power of 10,000 suns – Futura-Sciences

October 27, 2026

5 min

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Illustration of the Cygnus X-1 binary system, showing how the wind from the supergiant star deflects the jets from the black hole, while the two objects move around each other in their respective orbits. © International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)

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