Tag: jet
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JWST Captures Clearest-Ever View of M87’s Black Hole Jet
A New Infrared Portrait of a Cosmic Powerhouse For more than a century, astronomers have studied the jet blasting from M87’s heart. The James Webb Space Telescope has now captured the clearest infrared portrait yet, revealing fresh details about how the black hole drives this immense outflow. The image shows a luminous pink ribbon unfurling…
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JWST Captures M87 Jet: Clearest Infrared View of Black Hole
JWST Delivers the Clearest Infrared Portrait of M87’s Jet The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has produced the most detailed infrared image yet of the colossal jet blasting from the heart of the giant elliptical galaxy M87. In four infrared bands captured by JWST’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the jet appears as a luminous pink…