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Recent Examples on the Web In 2019, the EHT announced the first direct image ever taken of a black hole at the center of an elliptical galaxy, Messier 87 (M87), located in the constellation of Virgo some 55 million light-years away. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 May 2022 According to the release, the photograph is of the black hole located in Centaurus A, a giant elliptical galaxy that is located 12 million light-years away from our planet. — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 Dec. 2021 Just last year, astronomers published the first-ever picture of a black hole and its event horizon, a 7 billion-solar-mass beast at the center of the M87 elliptical galaxy. — Chris Impey, CNN, 31 Oct. 2021 The first scenario ever developed that could successfully explain elliptical galaxy formation has also been one of the most resilient. — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 11 May 2021 The black hole in question is a monster 6.5 billion times as massive as the sun, and lies in the center of an enormous elliptical galaxy, Messier 87, about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021 But this particular cosmic jaunt concerned something special—even disturbing: an abnormally hefty elliptical galaxy dubbed C1-23152. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2021 Just last year, astronomers published the first-ever picture of a black hole and its event horizon, a 7-billion-solar-mass beast at the center of the M87 elliptical galaxy. — Chris Impey, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2020 The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, but the researchers believed this one became an elliptical galaxy. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Aug. 2020 See More

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