Tag: M87*
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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 Clearest-Ever Image of M87’s Black Hole Jet
Overview: JWST delivers a landmark infrared portrait For more than a century, astronomers have watched the brilliant jet streaming from the heart of the massive elliptical galaxy M87. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has now provided the clearest-ever infrared view of this galactic powerhouse, unveiling new details about the jet driven by M87’s central…
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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…
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M87* Magnetic Field Flips Reveal Dynamic Cosmic Weather
Overview: A Dynamic Magnetic Field Around a Stable Shadow Using observations from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) in 2017, 2018, and 2021, scientists have mapped how the polarization of light around M87* reveals changes in the magnetic field near the black hole’s edge. The results show that while the black hole’s shadow—the dark ring carved…
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The First Black Hole We Saw Changes Its Magnetic Weather: M87*’s Dynamic Magnetism
M87*: A Supermassive Black Hole With Dynamic Magnetic Weather When scientists released the first image of a black hole in 2019, the focus was on the shadow and the surrounding glow. But new time-series data from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) reveal something equally dramatic and unexpected: the magnetic field near M87*’s edge is not…
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M87* Magnetic Field Changes Reveal Dynamic Black Hole Weather
Overview: A Black Hole’s Weather, Not Just Its Shadow The first image of a black hole, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) in 2019, made M87* a household name in astronomy. But new time‑domain observations—from 2017, 2018, and 2021—reveal that the environment around this giant object is far less static than the shadow on…