As the companion star loses mass, it forms a disk of material around the black hole. This disk is called an accretion disk, and it's where the powerful winds are generated. The winds are driven by the intense magnetic fields around the black hole, and they can reach speeds of up to 10 million miles per hour.
The new photos were taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory, a space telescope that observes the universe in X-rays. The X-rays are produced by the hot gas in the accretion disk and the winds.
The photos show that the winds are blasting out from the black hole in two directions. One jet is pointed toward us, and the other is pointed away from us. The jets are incredibly powerful, and they're capable of traveling across the entire galaxy.
The new photos provide astronomers with a better understanding of how black holes work. They also show how powerful the winds from black holes can be, and how they can affect the environment around them.