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    Dark Heart of the Nearest Radio Galaxy

    July 21, 2021, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Distance scales uncovered in the Centaurus A jet. The top left image shows how the jet disperses into gas clouds that emit radio waves. The top right panel displays a color composite image, with a 40⨉ zoom compared to the first panel to match the size of the galaxy itself. The next panel below shows a 165 000⨉ zoom image of the inner radio jet.The bottom panel depicts the new highest resolution image of the jet launching region obtained with the EHT at millimeter wavelengths with a 60 000 000⨉ zoom in telescope resolution. One light year is equal to the distance that light travels within one year: about nine trillion kilometers. Credit: Radboud University; CSIRO/ATNF/I. Feain et al., R. Morganti et al., N. Junkes et al.; ESO/WFI; MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A. Weiß et al.; NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Kraft et al...
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    Shadow of Black Hole in M87 galaxy is wobbling and has been for a while

    September 25, 2020, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    “Monitoring the Morphology of M87* in 2009-2017 with the Event Horizon Telescope,” M. Wielgus et al. 2020, Sept. 23, The Astrophysical Journal.

    Analysis of previously unpublished data from observations of M87* between 2009 and 2013 by scientists at the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has revealed that the crescent shadow of the black hole is wobbling, and has rotated significantly over the past ten years of observation. Published today in The Astrophysical Journal, and led by scientists from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA), the study focused on the morphology of the black hole over time, and was made possible by advances in analysis and ml
    “EHT can detect changes in the M87 morphology on timescales as short as a few days, but its general geometry should be constan...

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    Telescopes in Space for even Sharper Images of Black Holes

    May 7, 2019, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    In space, the EHI has a resolution more than five times that of the EHT on Earth, and images can be reconstructed with higher fidelity. Top left: Model of Sagittarius A* at an observation frequency of 230 GHz. Top left: Simulation of an image of this model with the EHT. Bottom left: Model of Sagittarius A* at an observation frequency of 690 GHz. Bottom right: Simulation of an image of this model with the EHI.
    Credit: F. Roelofs and M. Moscibrodzka, Radboud University

    Astronomers propose placing two or three satellites in circular orbit around the Earth to observe black holes. Astronomers have just managed to take the first image of a black hole, and now the next challenge facing them is how to take even sharper images, so that Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity can be tested...

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    Working together as a ‘Virtual Telescope,’ observatories around the world produce 1st Direct Images of a Black Hole

    April 11, 2019, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration — was designed to capture images of a black hole. In coordinated press conferences across the globe, EHT researchers revealed that they succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the centre of Messier 87 and its shadow.
    Credit: EHT Collaboration

    Images reveal supermassive black hole at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy. An international team of over 200 astronomers, including scientists from MIT’s Haystack Observatory, has captured the first direct images of a black hole...

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