The latest results come from studies made with radio and optical telescopes operated for the National Science Foundation. Black holes are concentrations of matter so dense that their gravitational attraction prevents even light from escaping them.
Researchers are excited about the discovery.
It means, they say, that scientists can study this object and begin to focus on how a black-hole binary system produces jets. The material in the disk, pulled from the companion star by the powerful gravity of the black hole, is accelerated and heated as it nears the black hole. Despite the great difference in mass, astronomers think the physical mechanisms by which all these black holes and accretion disks produce their powerful jets are similar. It's a fundamentally important object because we know many of its important parameters and we can observe it at all wavelengths. In addition, this is the perfect time to find it because we have satellites to observe it at X- and Gamma rays.