We propose to acquire the best high angular resolution spectra to date at the center of M87 using the NIRSpec integral field unit (IFU). We will study parsec-scale stellar dynamics around the …
NASA’s Webb Will Join Forces with the Event Horizon Telescope …
2021年10月27日 · NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in December 2021, will continue this research, pairing Hubble-strength resolution with even more …
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Imaging the Central ...
2019年6月26日 · We present the first Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) images of M87, using observations from April 2017 at 1.3 mm wavelength. These images show a prominent ring with …
Messier 87 - Science@NASA
2024年9月27日 · The monstrous M87 is the dominant member of the neighboring Virgo cluster of galaxies, which contains some 2,000 galaxies. Discovered in 1781 by Charles Messier, this …
A ring-like accretion structure in M87 connecting its black hole …
2023年4月26日 · Spatially resolved images of M87 obtained at a wavelength of 3.5 mm in 2018 show a ring-like accretion structure, the inner (outer) edge of which connects the black hole (jet).
James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest and most distant …
2024年1月17日 · The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the oldest and most distant black hole ever seen. The discovery could explain how supermassive black holes grew so …
New Images of M87*: Proof of a Persistent Black Hole Shadow
2024年1月18日 · In 2017, the EHT took the first image of a black hole. This object, M87*, is the beating heart of the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 and lives 55 million light years from …
Why the Webb telescope will stare into the Milky Way's ... - Inverse
2021年12月29日 · Using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an array of radio telescopes imaged the black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87). The EHT team compiled …
M87 | ESA/Hubble
2024年9月26日 · A Hubble Space Telescope image of the giant galaxy M87 shows a 3,000-light-year-long jet of plasma blasting from the galaxy's 6.5-billion-solar-mass central black hole. The …
Probing the M87 Supermassive Black Hole with Parsec-Scale …
We propose to acquire the best high angular resolution spectra to date at the center of M87 using the NIRSpec integral field unit (IFU). We will study parsec-scale stellar dynamics around the …