Exoplanet Observatory

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What is the unusual long light-blue jet coming out from this elliptical galaxy? It is a powerful jet of energetic plasma ejecting out from the core of M87 Galaxy. This jet is powered by the supermassive black hole resides at the core. M87 is a gigantic elliptical galaxy located about 54 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. You may have noticed many faint dots surrounding the galaxy. These are age-old globular clusters of stars. M87 is known to contain large number globular clusters estimated to be around 15,000, as compare to only 150-200 found in our Milky Way galaxy.