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Multifrequency Observations of M87*
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story…
Astronomers image magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has today revealed a new view of the massive object at the centre of…
Gigantic jet spied from black hole in early universe
Astronomers have discovered evidence for an extraordinarily long jet of particles coming from a supermassive black hole in the early universe, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. If confirmed, it would…
Software solution to measure the black holes stability
Even if a black hole can be described with a mathematical model, it doesn’t mean it exists in reality. Some theoretical models are unstable: though they can be used to…
In the eye of a stellar cyclone
Sydney undergraduate unlocks bizarre secrets of a ticking time-bomb star. While on COVID lockdown, a University of Sydney honours student has written a research paper on a star system dubbed…
How to have a blast like a black hole
Scientists at Osaka University use extremely intense laser pulses to create magnetized-plasma conditions comparable to those surrounding a black hole, study that may help explain the still mysterious X-rays that…