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Astronomers Spot Something "Totally Unexpected" at Event Horizon of Supermassive Black Hole
A supermassive black hole lurking at the center of M87, a supergiant galaxy 55 million light-years from Earth, is acting far ...
——For many yearsEHTobservations have captured the evolving polarization patterns around supermassive black holes, detecting230 GHzradiation at the base of their jets.
"This tells us that the magnetized plasma swirling near the event horizon is far from static; it's dynamic and complex, ...
The two telescopes operate synchronously: Izaña-2 fires laser pulses at a piece of space debris high overhead, and Izaña-1 detects the reflected light. In doing so, the system is able to track the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN
Astronomers Watched a Black Hole Unexpectedly Flip Its Magnetic Field, Challenging Theoretical Models
A series of observations between 2017 and 2021 suggest the supermassive structure’s magnetized plasma is more dynamic than ...
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