New Data, Same Great Appearance for M87*
January 22, 2024
January 22, 2024
PASADENA, California, Jan. 22 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
Nearly five years ago, a globe-spanning team of astronomers gave the world its first-ever glimpse of a black hole. Now the team has validated both their original findings and our understanding of black holes with a new image of the supermassive black hole M87*. This supermassive black hole, 6.5 billion times the mass of our Sun, resides at the center of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy in t . . .
Nearly five years ago, a globe-spanning team of astronomers gave the world its first-ever glimpse of a black hole. Now the team has validated both their original findings and our understanding of black holes with a new image of the supermassive black hole M87*. This supermassive black hole, 6.5 billion times the mass of our Sun, resides at the center of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy in t . . .