Science News | See a sharper image of M87’s black hole | Science News @ScienceNewsMag | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 10 minutes ago.
Scientists created a new, sharper version of the first image of a black hole. The supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87, imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope in 2019, originally looked like a fuzzy ring, created by the glowing gas surrounding the black hole. A machine learning technique allowed scientists to refine that image to reveal a thinner band. This video morphs from the fuzzier image into its new, improved version.
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Video: L. Medeiros et al 2023