Astronomers Captured the Moment M87’s Black Hole Exploded – …
Dec 24, 2024 · In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration captured the world’s attention with the first-ever image of a black hole, unveiling the glowing accretion disk of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the heart of galaxy M87. Now, this same cosmic powerhouse has delivered another groundbreaking moment. In a multi-wavelength observation campaign, astronomers detected
Astronomers Uncover Explosive Mystery as Enormous Gamma-Ray …
Dec 16, 2024 · For the first time in a decade, the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy has erupted in an enormous gamma-ray flare, a rare and significant event that defied expectations in the latest analysis from global and orbital observations.
Astronomers Stunned by M87’s Explosive Gamma-Ray Flare
5 days ago · M87, a prominent galaxy in the Virgo cluster, gained fame after the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) revealed the first image of a black hole in its center. A subsequent study analyzed data from EHT’s 2018 campaign, reporting a rare gamma-ray flare — marking the first in over a decade — linked to the galaxy’s supermassive black hole.
Flare from supermassive black hole M87 astounds in images | UCLA
Dec 13, 2024 · The first-ever photo of a black hole rocked the world in 2019, when the Event Horizon Telescope, or EHT, published an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, located in the constellation of Virgo.
New black hole images reveal a glowing, fluffy ring and a ... - MIT News
Apr 26, 2023 · New images of M87*, the first black hole to be directly imaged, reveal a thicker, fluffier ring that’s 50 percent larger than first reported. MIT Haystack scientists and others harnessed the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA) to capture a more zoomed-out view.
NASA's Hubble Finds that a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar …
Sep 26, 2024 · The supermassive black hole in the core of the giant elliptical galaxy M87 shoots out a blazing bright jet of plasma racing across space at nearly the speed of light. It makes the "Death Star" beam in the Star Wars trilogy look like a wimpy candle flame lighter.
From Eating Suns to Hidden Giants: The Biggest Black Hole …
6 days ago · 5. Gamma-Ray Flare from M87* The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), famous for imaging the first black hole, observed an explosive gamma-ray flare from M87*, a supermassive black hole 5.4 billion times the Sun’s mass. This unexpected eruption sheds light on the mechanics of black hole jets, streams of high-energy particles launched near light speed.
Telescopes image M87's supermassive black hole and massive jet …
Apr 26, 2023 · Scientists studying the supermassive black hole at the heart of the M87 galaxy have revealed the origins of the monster's powerful jet and imaged the jet and its source together for the first...
M87's powerful jet unleashes rare gamma-ray outburst - Phys.org
Dec 13, 2024 · The authors report the first observation of a high-energy gamma-ray flare in over a decade from the supermassive black hole M87, based on nearly simultaneous spectra of the galaxy spanning the ...
M87 Releases a Rare and Powerful Outburts of Gamma-ray …
Dec 22, 2024 · A Hubble Space Telescope image of the giant galaxy M87 shows a 3,000-light-year-long jet of plasma blasting from the galaxy's 6.5-billion-solar-mass central black hole.