Innermost Regions of M87 (IMAGE)

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Innermost Regions of M87

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This artist's impression of the innermost regions of M87 shows the relationship between the black hole, the orbiting accretion flow, and the launching of the relativistic jet.

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