The giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 is surrounded by a huge halo. An increase in brightness in the top-right part of this halo and the motion of planetary nebulae in the galaxy are the last remaining signs of a medium-sized galaxy that collided with M87.
This wide field image also contains many other galaxies forming the Virgo Cluster, of which Messier 87 is the largest member. The two galaxies at the edge of the top right of the frame are nicknamed “the Eyes.”
Image Credit: ESO
Video Credit: NASA
This video explores magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the environment around the black hole at the heart of M87.
Video Credit: Weih / Fromm / Younsi / Rezzolla
Video Credit: NASA
A black hole and its shadow have been captured in an image for the first time, a historic feat by an international network of radio telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope. The black hole at the center of galaxy M87 is outlined in the image by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of the strong gravity near the event horizon.
Image Credit: Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al.
The giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 is surrounded by a huge halo. An increase in brightness in the top-right part of this halo and the motion of planetary nebulae in the galaxy are the last remaining signs of a medium-sized galaxy that collided with M87.
This wide field image also contains many other galaxies forming the Virgo Cluster, of which Messier 87 is the largest member. The two galaxies at the edge of the top right of the frame are nicknamed “the Eyes.”
Image Credit: E
There’s a supermassive black hole in the giant elliptical galaxy M87. This video is a sequence of Hubble images taken over a period 13 years. It shows the changes in a jet of hot gas spiraling along magnetic field lines generated by the black hole.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qr_0K7UPas]Video Credit: NASA
This video zooms in on a black-hole-powered jet of hot gas in the giant elliptical galaxy M87. The time-lapse movie shows hot plasma spiraling along magnetic field lines generated by the supermassive black hole over a 13-year period. It was assembled from images take by the Hubble Space Telescope.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qr_0K7UPas]Video Credit: NASA
