• Wobbling Shadow of the M87* Black Hole 23.9.2020 VIDEO: A simulation representing one year of M87* image evolution according to numerical simulations. Measured position angle of the bright side of the crescent is shown, along with a 42 microarcsecond ring. For a part of the animation, image blurred to the EHT resolution is shown. Credit: G. Wong, B. Prather, Ch. Gammie, M. Wielgus & the EHT Collaboration • Analysis of the Event Horizon Telescope observations from 2009-2017 reveals turbulent ev

M87 • New Proof for Black Hole Spin - Two-decade monitoring of M87 unveils a precessing jet connecting to a spinning black hole 13.10.23 VIDEO: Zooming-in to the black hole and jet of M87 [Credit: Cui et al.(2023), animation by Kazuhiro Hada] • The nearby radio galaxy M87, located 55 million light-years from the Earth and harboring a black hole 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun, has recently been discovered to exhibit an oscillating jet. This investigation found the jet swinging up and

How large is the black hole at the centre of M87? • Zoom In on Galaxy M87 22.5.2020 • This movie zooms into galaxy M87 using real visible light, X-ray and radio pictures of the galaxy, its jet of high-speed particles, and the shadow of its central black hole. • Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Chris Smith (USRA): Lead Producer. Lead Animator Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park): Lead Science Writer | Astronomy Nation