New ultra-high-resolution images of the radio galaxy M87 show the origin of a jet very close to the galaxy's black hole, revealing that jets start as broad flows before straightening into nearly cylindrical beams. See Letter p.185
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Marscher, A. Broad escape from the abyss. Nature 477, 164–165 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/477164a
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