Rare gamma-ray flare unleashed from a supermassive black hole
https://www.earth.com/news/rare-gamma-ray-flare-unleashed-from-a-supermassive-black-hole/
In 2019, the first-ever image of a black hole captured global attention. This impressive achievement by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) unveiled the supermassive black hole at the heart of galaxy M87, also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486.
Located in the Virgo constellation, the black hole in M87 is again surprising scientists – this time with a gamma-ray flare that emitted photons billions of times more energetic than those of visible light.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/811025
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