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Blazar BL Lacertae’s X-ray Emissions
July 20 , 2025
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- The blazar BL Lacertae is known for its intense jets directed towards Earth.
- It has become a focal point for understanding X-ray emissions in extreme environments.
- NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) played an important role in this exploration.
- It was collaborating with the ground-based telescopes to unravel the mechanisms behind X-ray generation in blazar jets.
- Blazars are a type of active galactic nucleus.
- They host supermassive black holes at their centres.
- These black holes emit jets of particles moving close to the speed of light.
- BL Lacertae is one of the first blazars discovered and is located in the Lacerta constellation.
- Its study is vital for understanding the behaviour of matter and energy in extreme gravitational fields.
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