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A stunning simulation re-creates how M87’s black hole launches plasma jets

The supermassive black hole must be whirling rapidly, the results indicate

computer simulation of jets from the black hole in galaxy M87

The supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 is surrounded by an accretion disk (red in this computer simulation) and launches jets (blue) circled by magnetic field lines (green).

Alejandro Cruz-Osorio, Luciano Rezzolla

By Emily Conover

- More than 2 years ago

From the maw of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, two enormous jets stream thousands of light-years into space.