The enigmatic and awe-inspiring nature of black holes continues to captivate astronomers worldwide, and the supermassive ...
The first-ever photographed black hole emits an extraordinary gamma-ray flare, billions of times more energetic than visible ...
A massive, energetic jet from Virgo A could help scientists understand how matter behaves around a black hole.
A powerful gamma-ray flare from the M87* black hole challenges current understanding of particle acceleration near black holes.
Also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, M87 is the brightest object in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, the largest gravitationally ...
Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of electromagnetic radiation, billions of times more energetic than visible light.
I love it when researchers observe an extra-weird particle, and this week, scientists reported the observation of a particle ...
A gamma-ray flare from a black hole 6.5 billion times the Sun’s mass leaves scientists stunned.
M87 was the first black hole to be imaged, and now it's revealing details of how some elementary particles are accelerated by ...
Scientists have observed a rare and powerful gamma-ray flare from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy ...
The jet emerging from M87’s supermassive black hole is tens of millions of times larger than its event horizon. In 2019, the ...
Light curve of the gamma-ray flare (bottom) and collection of quasi-simulated images of the M87 jet (top) at various scales ...