Zooming into the black hole jet in M87

This video begins with a view of the stars and galaxies in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin). We zoom into the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87, which lies near the centre of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. A high-speed jet of hot plasma is buried deep inside the galaxy. A supermassive black hole ejects the jet at nearly the speed of light. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse movie captures the movement of the jet over a timespan of 13 years.