Astronomers capture first image of jet being launched from edge of black hole

Study concerns Messier 87 galaxy, 55m light years away from Earth, and a black hole 6.5bn times more massive than the sun

Astronomers have captured the first image showing a powerful jet being launched from the edge of a black hole's event horizon into intergalactic space.

The observations of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) could help reveal how black hole jets, which are among the brightest objects in the universe, are created.