Some galaxies eject powerful streams of charged particles—jets—from their centers into space. The prominent jet of Messier 87 ...

The first black hole ever photographed is no longer just a static ring of darkness. Astronomers have now traced a colossal ...

Astronomers have traced the origin point of a jet of material that is thousands of light-years long emanating from the supermassive black hole M87* ...

"It is amazing to see that we are gradually moving towards combining these breakthrough observations across multiple frequencies and completing the picture of the jet launching region." ...

New Event Horizon Telescope observations reveal the first direct link between the supermassive black hole M87* and its 3,000-light-year plasma jet, showing how energy from near the event horizon ...

The supermassive black hole is that first one that astronomers ever photographed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For more than a ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided an unprecedented level of detail of the jet spewing from the supermassive black hole at the heart of galaxy M87. A ...

The first black hole images stunned the world in 2019, with headlines announcing evidence of a glowing doughnut-shaped object from the center of galaxy Messier 87 (M87 —55 million light years from ...

Observations with the Event Horizon Telescope enable researchers to localize the likely base of the central outflow in a ...