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Supermassive Black hole - Artist view

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: a-blh01-00036

Image Size 300 DPI: 38 * 23 cm

This artist’s impression depicts the black hole at the heart of the enormous elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87). This black hole was chosen as the object of paradigm-shifting observations by the Event Horizon Telescope. The superheated material surrounding the black hole is shown, as is the relativistic jet launched by M87’s black hole.

Keywords for this photo:

2019 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK HOLE - GALACTIC BLACK HOLE - GALAXY - ILLUSTRATION - JET - SPACETIME - SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE -