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Scientists measure gravity at the edge of a black hole for the first time – Inverse
Using the famous picture of a black hole captured last year, scientists measured gravity at the edge of black hole M87*.
A little more than a year ago
, humanity got its first good look at the most mysterious object of the vast universe.
For the first time, astronomers had imaged a black hole, which was lurking on the dark side of the universe some 53 million lightyears away, at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87).
The iconic image has fed scientists valuable data not just about this particular massive object, but about black holes across the entire cosmos.
Now, a team of astronomers using that very ima…
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