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Fresh photographs of Milky Way’s black hole Sgr A* reveal strong, twisted magnetic field similar to M87*
The colossal black hole named Sagittarius A* resides at the heart of the Milky Way, approximately 2…
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This new photo of a supermassive black hole is unlike any before, showing powerful magnetic fields spiraling around it
A new photo of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole taken from the Event Horizon Telescope shows…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists might reveal the first photo of our galaxy's central black hole on Thursday. Watch their announcement live.
Seven research institutions are holding simultaneous press conferences to announce what's being bil…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Meet the black hole at the center of our galaxy: Scientists just took its picture for the first time
Researchers unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole lurking at the heart of our gal…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Black hole image supports Einstein's theory of gravity, disappointing scientists who are probing for cracks
Researchers captured the first image of our galaxy's supermassive black hole. It could help confirm…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The first-ever supermassive black hole to be captured on camera has a wobbly shadow
Now, using data that spans back over a decade, data collected from the project shows that the sh…
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A mesmerizing photo shows powerful magnetic fields swirling around a black hole
The image illustrates that magnetic fields are strong enough to prevent some matter from getting su…
Aria Bendix
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Einstein's theory of general relativity just got 500 times harder to beat thanks to the first-ever black hole to be caught on camera
"Using the gauge we developed, we showed that the measured size of the black hole shadow in M8…
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The scientists who photographed a supermassive black hole for the first time just won a $3 million prize. Here's their groundbreaking image.
"As a cloud of gas gets closer to the black hole, they speed up and heat up," Josephine Peters, an …
Aria Bendix
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'Like looking at the gates of Hell': Astronomers just showed off the first picture of a black hole, and it's a monster
The EHT was seriously challenged in this regard, though. While the telescope is considered to be Ea…
Dave Mosher
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Astronomers plan to film the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy as it gobbles up stars and planets. The video could open a 'new field' of science.
"We can see the black hole evolve in real time," Shep Doeleman, an astronomer who leads the global …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The first 'groundbreaking' pictures of a black hole may be unveiled on Wednesday. Here's what scientists think those images will look like.
She added: "We can run very high resolution simulations that show a great level of detail, but I'm …
Dave Mosher
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Stephen Hawking's daughter says her father would have been 'blown away' by the first ever image of a black hole
Stephen Hawking contributed revolutionary theories to the study of black holes. One of his most fam…
Beatrice Christofaro,Beatrice Christofaro
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The first-ever picture of a black hole is fuzzy. These incredible illustrations help explain what it shows.
The black hole weighs about as much as 6.5 billion suns, and the shadow of its event horizon - wher…
Dave Mosher
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The movie 'Interstellar' came out exactly 5 years ago. Since then, new discoveries have changed our understanding of black holes.
In the movie "Interstellar," a fictional black hole called Gargantua takes center stage. The film c…
Aylin Woodward
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A NASA image shows the center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail. Expect far more revealing photos from a soon-to-launch telescope.
JWST will study every phase of the universe's history in order to learn about how the first stars a…