"Astronomers capture first image of jet being launched from edge of black hole

Astronomers have captured the first image showing a powerful jet being launched from the edge of a black hole’s event horizon into intergalactic space.

The observations of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) could help reveal how black hole jets, which are among the brightest objects in the universe, are created."

🔗: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/26/astronomers-capture-first-image-of-jet-being-launched-from-edge-of-black-hole

#Messier87 #M87 #BlackHole #astronomy #space #science

Keck Integral-field Spectroscopy of M87 Reveals an Intrinsically Triaxial Galaxy and a Revised #BlackHole Mass: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acbbcf -> #3D picture of galaxy #Messier87 helps pin down mass of the black hole at its core: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-014 and https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/04/13/3d-picture-of-galaxy-m87-helps-pin-down-mass-of-the-black-hole-at-its-core/ and https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/giant-galaxy-seen-in-3d-by-nasas-hubble-space-telescope-and-keck-observatory

#SabiasQue

Un día como hoy en 2019 se alcanza un hito en el estudio del espacio y es que el conjunto de telescopios conocidos como EHT lograron tomar la primera fotografía de un agujero negro.

Este evento supermasivo se situó a 55 millones de años luz en la galaxia #Messier87