![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 blowtorch-like jet seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory. These novae are not caught inside the jet, but are apparently in a dangerous neighbourhood nearby. During a recent 9-month survey, astronomers using Hubble found twice as many of these novae going off near the jet as elsewhere in the galaxy. The galaxy is the home of several trillion stars and thousands of star-like globular star clusters. [Image description: A Hubble photo of galaxy M87, which resembles a translucent, fuzzy white cotton ball. The brightness decreases gradually out in all directions from a bright white point of light at the centre. A wavy blue-white jet of material extends from the point-like core outward to the upper right, about halfway across the galaxy. Stars speckle the background.]](https://nasaspacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hubble_s_view_of_M87_galaxy-2000x1200-1-75x75.jpg)
Your Guide to the Best Viewing Spots in Florida
Are you ready to witness a fiery spectacle in the night sky? A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to...
Read more- Latest
- Trending
Are you ready to witness a fiery spectacle in the night sky? A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to...
Read more
Prepare to embark on an interstellar journey through the cosmos with this curated list of space documentaries on Netflix. Each...
Read more
A recent study published in the journal Science has reignited interest in Jupiter's moon Io, revealing evidence that suggests Io's...
Read more
NASA's Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A) has been monitoring Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the "Devil Comet," as it journeys...
Read more
The hunt for Planet Nine, a colossal planet lurking in the fringes of our solar system, continues to be a...
Read more
Astronomers have been thrown into a tizzy by a recent discovery that challenges our very understanding of stellar death. Using...
Read more
For decades, the standard model of cosmology has been the cornerstone of our understanding of the universe. This well-established theory...
Read more
A ripple in spacetime, a gravitational wave detected in May 2023, has astronomers grappling with a cosmic first: a collision...
Read more
For decades, astronomers have believed Uranus and Neptune, the solar system's enigmatic ice giants, were dominated by frozen water. However,...
Read more
Astronomers have stumbled upon a cosmic heavyweight champion: a pair of supermassive black holes locked in a dance for billions...
Read more
