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Scientists Develop Technique to Create 3D Models of Cosmic Structures
For decades, astronomers have used powerful instruments to capture images of the cosmos in various wavelengths. This includes optical images,…
Jets From Supermassive Black Holes Create New Stars Along Their Trajectory
Since the 1970s, astronomers have observed that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) reside at the centers of most massive galaxies. In…
Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope To Unlock Mysteries of Black Holes
The prospect of actually resolving the event horizon of black holes feels like the stuff of science fiction yet it…
What’s Next for the Event Horizon Telescope? Twelve Possible New Targets
Both the Milky Way and a galaxy known as M87 have supermassive black holes at their core. These are the…
M87's Jet is Triggering Novae
Everyone loves a good mystery, and astronomers have just uncovered a new one in a nearby supermassive galaxy called M87.…
M87’s Supermassive Black Hole is Spewing out a Spiraling jet of Material
Patterns in nature often occur in more than one place. Spirals, symmetry, and chaos all impact natural phenomena, from the…
The Event Horizon Telescope Zooms in on Another Supermassive Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) just captured another amazing image, this time of the relativistic jet coming from the center…
A Galaxy is Making New Stars Faster Than its Black Hole Can Starve Them for Fuel
A monster lurks at the heart of many galaxies – even our own Milky Way. This monster possesses the mass…
M87’s Black Hole is Firing Out Jets that Travel 99% the Speed of Light
Can black holes be famous? If they can, then the one at the heart of the M87 galaxy qualifies. And…
New Technique for Estimating the Mass of a Black Hole
A Russian-led team of astronomers has developed a method for estimating the mass of a supermassive black hole by looking…