Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
Wednesday 10 April 2019 was a big day for the astronomy community. Information was presented from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project revealing new details about the super-massive black hole in galaxy M-87. The intent of this post is to offer some perspective helpful to those who are not experts in this field.
Prior to the news release, I read a very comprehensive and helpful blog post by physicist Matt Strassler. His post addressed questions that were likely to be asked by the non-expert about the significance and details of the announcement. Some points he made were useful in the writing of this post.
Where is M-87? How Big and Far?
The stars in galaxy M-87 are more than 53 million light-years distant. Imaged here by the Hubble Space Telescope, an energetic jet is seen emerging from its core. This jet is produced by…
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