Superscript-subscript uncertainty notation
When quoted like this they would usually be the most likely value (peak of the probability distribution) or the median value (where half the distribution is above or below), and then the superscripts and subscripts would be increments that would contain $\sim 34$% of the probability distribution. In the M87 papers, the numbers are the 50th percentile (median) and lower (upper) limits corresponding to the 16th (84th) percentile. 

The total range corresponds to about a 68% confidence interval. The reason for this is just that it corresponds to $\pm$ one sigma in a normal (Gaussian) distribution.

It is good practice to say what your error bars mean, but in the absence of that I would assume the above.