The first-ever photographed black hole emits an extraordinary gamma-ray flare, billions of times more energetic than visible ...

The enigmatic and awe-inspiring nature of black holes continues to captivate astronomers worldwide, and the supermassive ...

When the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) unveiled the first image of a black hole in 2019, the world got its first glimpse into ...

M87, a prominent galaxy in the Virgo cluster, gained fame after the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) revealed the first image of ...

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The jet emerging from M87’s supermassive black hole is tens of millions of times larger than its event horizon. In 2019, the ...

Scientists observed M87’s first gamma-ray flare in a decade, revealing insights into its supermassive black hole and ...

The flare, which lasted for about three days in April and May 2018, erupted from the supermassive black hole designated M87*, which lies at the heart of the galaxy M87, located around 55 million ...

Scientists have observed a rare and powerful gamma-ray flare from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy ...

Astrophysicists Capture Astonishing Images of Gamma-Ray Flare from Supermassive Black Hole M87 Dec. 13, 2024 — The galaxy M87, located in the Virgo constellation, provided the first-ever photo ...

A powerful gamma-ray flare from the M87* black hole challenges current understanding of particle acceleration near black holes.

M87 was the first black hole to be imaged, and now it's revealing details of how some elementary particles are accelerated by the universe's most extreme environments.