Their work is providing new insights that are changing scientists» understanding of the enigmatic stellar pairs known as microquasars. (public.nrao.edu)
«Something that will take millions of years to take place in AGN will take place over a matter of months in microquasars,» says Stéphane Corbel of the Denis Diderot University, Paris, and CEA Saclay, France, and a member of the Fermi team. (newscientist.com)
The discovery of microquasars within our own Milky Way Galaxy has won two astronomers a prize from the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society. (public.nrao.edu)