The monster black hole lurking at the center of galaxy M87 is an absolute beast. It is one of the largest in our vicinity and was the ideal first target for the Event Horizon Telescope. Scientists ...

Nearly five years ago, a globe-spanning team of astronomers gave the world its first-ever glimpse of a black hole. Now the team has validated both their original findings and our understanding of ...

Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the supermassive black hole at the center of Messier 87 (M87*). This study ...

M87 in 3D: New view of galaxy helps pin down mass of the black hole at its core Mapping stellar velocities around giant elliptical galaxy reveals its asymmetric structure Date: April 13, 2023 ...

A new analysis of M87*, the first black hole imaged by humanity, has revealed turbulence in the matter around it, which this supermassive black hole feasts upon.

The iconic image of a supermassive black hole in the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy—described by astronomers as a "fuzzy orange donut"—was a stunning testament to the capabilities of the Event ...

Space is mostly quiet. Data collected by telescopes are most often turned into silent charts, plots, and images. A "sonification" project led by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Universe of ...

Home > Science Spinning M87 Black Hole Proves Einstein Was Right Again Scientists studying the famous monster have confirmed it spins, which could explain how black holes produce relativistic jets.

It's a grand new view of M87, the first galaxy to have its supermassive black hole directly imaged.

Scientists have yet to find out the size of M87's accretion disk and how fast its black hole is spinning, though, and that entails further observation and analysis.

The mass of M87’s supermassive black hole is about 6.5 billion times the mass of our Sun, and its electrical charge is considered to be negligible. However, despite this measurement of the precession ...

The monster black hole lurking at the center of galaxy M87 is an absolute beast. It is one of the largest in our vicinity and was the ideal first target for the Event Horizon Telescope. Scientists ...