We managed to capture the first ever image of a #RealBlackHole.
To do this, you have to create a telescope the size of the world.
See how we have contributed to this revolutionary discovery ↓
#EHTBlackHole
Astronomers study the giant elliptical galaxy M87, in part due to its jet that extends nearly 5,000 light-years from its center. This video zooms in on M87 with visible, X-ray and radio images, ending on the
1/ The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, have imaged the magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole. #RealBlackHole#EHTblackhole
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As some of my Irish friends did not seem to appreciate the joke that their beautiful country will be sucked in next, here’s the Ireland-friendly version. (Weirdly enough nobody misses the Faroe Islands?) #Brexit#May#Bercow#JohnBercow#realblackhole#EHTBlackHole#BlackHole🇮🇪
debuted the first #realblackhole image in 2019, but with NSF support, it was gathering data long before that. This data showed that the "shadow" of the M87 black hole wobbles over time: https://bit.ly/2HrF4Bt
Look familiar? It's the supermassive black hole at the center of M87, a galaxy 55M light-yrs from Earth.
(left) 2019: 1st-ever #realblackhole pic
(right) 2021: image mapping polarization of light
Both 📷 by #NSFfunded