Astronomers using NSF's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array have captured unprecedented high-fidelity radio images of a jet of material propelled from the core of the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87. Messier 87 is an elliptical galaxy located some.
An extraordinary galactic jet ejected from a supermassive black hole boasts a corkscrew-like helical structure, new ground-based telescope views reveal.
Ground-based telescopes have spotted streams of outflowing material, known as a galactic jet, stretching some 8,000 light-years from a supermassive black hole. The jet is channeled by powerful magnetic fields that create a double helix structure.