Repeated studies of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy Messier 87 confirm that it continues to act as Einstein’s theory predicted it would.

Researchers have found that the supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*, is spinning so rapidly that it is altering the fabric of space-time around ...

In 2023, Messier 87, became the first black hole image sharpened with AI and the telescope also took stellar images of the “buff” whirlpool galaxy Messier 51.

Metsähovi Radio Telescope, located in the forests outside Greater Helsinki in Finland, is one of the telescopes used to take the first image of the M87 black hole together with its powerful jet ...

Astronomers have observed, in one image, the shadow of the black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) and the powerful jet expelled from it. Thanks to this new image, astronomers can ...

While altering space-time poses no threats to humanity, the findings will help other astronomers and physicists understand the black hole's history.

Sagittarius A* is 1,600 times smaller than Messier 87’s black hole that was imaged in 2019, and is also about 2,100 times closer to Earth. That means the two black holes appear to be about the ...

News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only. Millimeter-VLBI image of the jet and the black hole in Messier 87 ...

Messier 87 (M87) is a massive elliptical galaxy with a supermassive black hole and a luminous relativistic jet. Read about its history, observations, and astrophysical importance.

Humanity's first image of a black hole has gotten a makeover. The iconic picture of the supermassive black hole at the center of Messier 87, a giant galaxy sitting 53 million light-years from ...

New radio wave data from the M87 supermassive black hole's accretion disk shows that it's 50 percent larger than previous estimates.

The image shows an orange, donut-shaped blob that looks remarkably similar to the earlier picture of the black hole in the center of galaxy Messier 87.