... The Large and Small of M87 . ... Explanation: The small core of elliptical galaxy M87 appears to be energizing its whole galactic neighborhood. Recent images from the Very Large Array (VLA) of radio telescopes indicate that huge bubbles of hot gas not only exist but are still being created. ... The source creating and feeding the bubbles has been traced to jets pointing back to M87's center , where a supermassive black hole is thought to live. ... A Jet from Galaxy M87 . ... Hubble s Lagoon . ...