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The famous black hole at the heart of the M87 galaxy is emitting jets of material that travel at near the speed of light.

位於M87星系中心的著名黑洞正在以接近光速的速度發射物質噴射。

The black hole at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy bears the name M87*, and astronomers have been observing it for a long time.

梅西耶87星系中心的黑洞被命名為M87*，天文學家已經觀察了很長時間。

Last year, the Event Horizon Telescope captured an image of M87*, the first-ever image of a black hole.

去年，地平線望遠鏡捕捉到了M87*的影象，這是有史以來第一張黑洞的影象。

That image only added to M87*'s fame.

這個形象只會增加M87*的名聲。

(Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration)

(Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration)

M87 is also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486.

M87也被稱為處女座A或NGC 4486。

It's a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo, about 53 million light years away from us.

這是一個位於處女座的超大橢圓星系，距離我們大約5300萬光年。

M87 spans about 240,000 light years, a little more than the Milky Way.

M87的跨度約為24萬光年，比銀河系略大一些。

It's surrounded by an incredible 12,000 globular star clusters, compared to the Milky Way's paltry 200.

與銀河系微不足道的200個星團相比，它被令人難以置信的12000個球狀星團包圍著。

Like other ellipticals, scientists think M87 grew so massive through mergers.

像其他橢圓體一樣，科學家認為M87通過合併變得如此龐大。