Black holes · 2025

SS 433

A microquasar in the Manatee Nebula

A Sun-like star orbiting a compact object — neutron star or black hole — that fires jets into the surrounding Manatee Nebula.

What you’re hearing

X-ray, radio, and a combined infrared-radio layer. The jets are the moving lines in the sound; the nebula is the bed they sit on.

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NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)

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