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An international team using the enhanced Event Horizon Telescope has identified the probable launch point of the 3,000-light-year jet streaming from M87*, the first black hole ever imaged, finding a compact emission source roughly 0.09 light-years from the black hole. The result, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics in January 2026, narrows a century-old mystery about how supermassive black holes accelerate plasma to near light speed, though fundamental questions about the jet's composition and exact launching mechanism remain open.