That Exciting New Black Hole Picture!

At a press conference earlier today, scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope revealed an exciting new picture of the environs of Sgr A* the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way that shows structures associated with a powerful magnetic field:

You can see immediately the enormous advantage of using a paintbrush (left) rather than a crayon (right) to make such images. For more details, see the press release here or the two papers about this work, here and here.

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3 Responses to “That Exciting New Black Hole Picture!”

Prasenjit Saha Says:
March 27, 2024 at 6:24 pm

Isn’t the one on the right a different black hole?

The `paintbrush’ version of the M87 black-hole environs came out in 2021.

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- telescoper Says:
  March 27, 2024 at 6:48 pm
  
  I put that in deliberately to see who was paying attention.
  
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  - Anton Garrett Says:
    March 28, 2024 at 5:32 pm
    
    I’ve just spent the day at Jodrell Bank with a friend and her grandchildren. I recognised the righthand picture in one presentation but thought it would be unfair to mention the update.

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