Astronomers Just Revealed The Closest Ever Image of a Jet Shooting From a Black Hole

Last year, a global collaboration of scientists made history by unveiling the very first direct image of a black hole. Now, we have a magnificent follow-up – the closest-ever look at a violent jet spewed forth by a supermassive black hole.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Astronomers Just Revealed The Closest Ever Image of a Jet Shooting From a Black Hole

Last year, a global collaboration of scientists made history by unveiling the very first direct image of a black hole. Now, we have a magnificent follow-up – the closest-ever look at a violent jet spewed forth by a supermassive black hole.

more…

Oh, nice.

> 3C 279

First observed in 1971.
Jets of matter faster than the speed of light observed (and starred in Scientific American) in 1973

Not to be confused with 3C 273, the first discovered and nearest quasar.

What were the observations made with? The Event Horizon Telescope. “The Event Horizon Telescope is a large telescope array consisting of a global network of radio telescopes.” Yike. It’s huge. Here’s a list of “smaller” arrays combined together into the EHT. https://eventhorizontelescope.org/array

Size of the EHT.