Evidence of a Spinning Supermassive Black Hole: Disk Misalignment in M87, Schemes and Mind Maps of Astronomy

Download Evidence of a Spinning Supermassive Black Hole: Disk Misalignment in M87 and more Schemes and Mind Maps Astronomy in PDF only on Docsity! M87: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo M87: Confirming Black Hole Spin M87: a nearby radio galaxy, located 55 million light-years from the Earth The core contains a supermassive black hole weighing 6.5 billion times more than the sun the birth and evolution of supermassive black holes the formation of accretion disk Does M87's black hole spin? Important to understand Supermassive black holes in active galaxies attract enormous amounts of material due to their immense gravitational force. The process involves powerful plasma outflows known as jets. These jets can reach speeds close to that of light. The jets extend over vast distances, spanning thousands of light-years away from the black hole's center.