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Recent studies of SS 433 have unveiled the mechanisms behind its gamma-ray emissions, revealing how particles are accelerated within its jets. This discover .
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<ul> <li>The microquasar SS 433 stands out as one of the most intriguing objects within our Milky Way.</li> <li>A pair of oppositely directed beams of plasma ("jets") spirals away perpendicularly from the binary systems disk’s surface at just over a quarter of the speed of light.</li> <li>The H.E.S.S. observatory in Namibia has now succeeded in detecting very high energy gamma rays from the jets of SS 433, and identifying the exact location within the jets of one of the galaxy's most effective particle accelerators.</li> <li>Through comparison of gamma-ray images at different energies, the H.E.S.S. collaboration was able to estimate the speed of the jet far from its launch site for the first time, constraining the mechanism that is accelerating the particles so efficiently.</li>
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With the H.E.S.S. observatory and the Fermi satellite, researchers track the eruption of RS Ophiuchi. For the first time, it has been possible to observe the outburst of a nova in very high-energy gamma light and to follow the glow and subsequent.