M87* observations catch the black hole's turbulent accretion flow

M87* observations catch the black hole's turbulent accretion flow

Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the supermassive black hole at the center of Messier 87 (M87*). This study marks a significant step toward multi-year analysis at horizon scales, in order to investigate the black hole's turbulent accretion flow. It utilizes a vastly improved set of simulations that is a factor of three larger than previous ones. The results i…

Supermassive Black Hole Caught Doing Something Never Seen Before

As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is relatively sedate.

The accretion disk of a supermassive black hole like you’ve never seen before – Pledge Times

The supermassive black hole M87, one of the most observed phenomena of its kind, has just become even clearer. A team of scientists from National Taiwan Normal University and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) recreated the flow of the M87* accretion disk using data from the two historical observing campaigns in 2017 and 2018. When a supermassive black hole consumes space gas and dust, an accretion disk forms around it. This lo…

M87* One Year Later: Catching the Black Hole’s Turbulent Accretion Flow

22.01.2025 - The gas sucked in by the iconic supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 appears to be moving against the black hole's direction of rotation. This is shown by new computer simulations from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, which includes researchers from Radboud University.

Supermassive Black Hole caught doing something never seen before News

(An animation demonstrating the progression of the flare. (CfA/Mel Weiss, Amy C. Oliver) As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is relatively sedate. But, even in its supposed quiescent state, Sagittarius A* is prone to the occasional belch or rupture – and now, using JWST, astronomers have recorded it doing something we've never seen before. On 6 April 2024, the... Click to expand... Cli…