This is the Sharpest Black Hole Image Yet
In a research paper published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics, scientists have released the sharpest image ever of a black hole.
In a research paper published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics, scientists have released the sharpest image ever of a black hole.
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which was responsible for producing the first-ever image of a black hole in 2019, has today revealed a new polarized view of the M87 black hole that reveals the structure of its magnetic fields, key in explaining how it is able to launch energetic jets from its core.
The world's first photo of black hole was published back in April 2019, and scientists have been laboring to find ways to capture sharper images of the mysterious regions of spacetime. Scientists are now saying that focusing on a black hole's "photon ring" may lead to a huge increase in sharpness.
Here's an interesting photography first that is set to happen in 2017: scientists are planning to capture the first ever photo of a black hole's event horizon (the boundary of no return that light can't event escape).