Posted on 05/01/2022 5:56:03 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What does a black hole look like? To find out, radio telescopes from around the Earth coordinated observations of black holes with the largest known event horizons on the sky. Alone, black holes are just black, but these monster attractors are known to be surrounded by glowing gas. This first image resolves the area around the black hole at the center of galaxy M87 on a scale below that expected for its event horizon. Pictured, the dark central region is not the event horizon, but rather the black hole's shadow -- the central region of emitting gas darkened by the central black hole's gravity. The size and shape of the shadow is determined by bright gas near the event horizon, by strong gravitational lensing deflections, and by the black hole's spin. In resolving this black hole's shadow, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) bolstered evidence that Einstein's gravity works even in extreme regions, and gave clear evidence that M87 has a central spinning black hole of about 6 billion solar masses. Since releasing this featured image in 2019, the EHT has expanded to include more telescopes, observe more black holes, track polarized light,and is working to observe the immediately vicinity of the black hole in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
If Chris Christie sees that he’ll eat it.
Another racist thread. I’m contacting Merrick Garland.
Didn’t know one had never been photographed before..
"What does a black hole look like?"
That thing’s a Fat, Ugly, Endless Pit.
"That thing’s a Fat, Ugly, Endless Pit."
From one of the best new Who episodes
“the impossible planet”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ZakDQCdR0
No picture had ever been able to resolve detail across the diameter. But this picture, for the first time, has several resolution elements across the diameter.
The Who did a song about impossible planets?
Must have missed that one.
Habanerno peppers have that effect on me.
Black Hole................Side view....................
Are you on a Stacy Abrams thread?......................
Same statement applies to both.
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