Bright, golden light in the upper-left corner. It diffuses out from the point gradually giving way to a darker background in the lower-right corner. Emanating from the bright point is a clumpy stream of white gas that stretches toward the lower-right corner.

Hubble Image of Jet in M87

Observations with Hubble not only helped confirm that the center of the elliptical galaxy M87 harbors a black hole 2.6 billion times more massive than our Sun but showed unprecedented detail in the jet of subatomic particles streaming away from the central black hole.

Credits: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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Image CreditNASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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