Messier 87's jet reaches 5,000 light-years long

Añadido: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Messier 87's jet extends over 5,000 light-years into space.

[00:00:07]This galaxy is a giant 53 million light-years away from us. It harbors a supermassive black hole 6.5 billion times the sun's mass.

[00:00:19]Its powerful jets shoot particles at nearly light speed, blazing through intergalactic space.

[00:00:27]Astronomers have even captured this black hole's shadow, the first of its kind.

[00:00:33]Messier 87 is like a cosmic lighthouse, illuminating mysteries of galaxies and black holes.

[00:00:41]The energy of its jet is staggering, outshining entire galaxies.

[00:00:47]This furious beam slices through space, an interstellar beacon we can observe from Earth.

[00:00:54]Now for the truly mind-boggling revelation, the black hole's event horizon is 38 billion kilometers wide.

[00:01:04]That's almost the same as Pluto's orbit around the sun.

[00:01:09]This cosmic phenomenon challenges what we know about time and space.

[00:01:15]Could something hidden inside Messier 87's heart change our understanding of the universe?

[00:01:22]Follow for the answer tomorrow.