Ready to dive into some cosmic vibes? The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration just dropped fresh, super-high-res images of the M87 black hole, and trust us, it’s mind-blowing 🤯🌌.
This global team—even astronomers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the Chinese mainland 🔭—combined data from 2017, 2018, and 2021 to map the black hole’s changing “magnetic wardrobe.”
Here’s the lowdown: in 2017, the magnetic fields spiraled one way; by 2018, they chilled out; and in 2021, they flipped direction and spiraled the opposite way. These twists suggest a super turbulent zone where magnetic forces steer how matter falls in and energy blasts out 🚀.
Bonus find: for the first time, researchers spotted extended jet emission right at the jet’s base—those powerful beams that shoot out matter and energy, shaping star formation and galaxy growth on massive scales.
Why it matters? M87’s jet is like a cosmic laboratory, helping us crack the code on how galaxies evolve. Plus, it’s a reminder of how teamwork (and fancy global telescopes) can unlock the universe’s coolest secrets ✨.
Reference(s):
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