We Have The Most Accurate Pictures Of Supermassive Black Hole M87* Yet – IFLScience

There is strength in numbers and there is also knowledge. The supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy Messier 87 was the first-ever black hole to be directly imaged, thanks to the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a network of radio telescopes spanning the whole planet. Now, astronomers have combined data from even more observatories on Earth and in space to expand our understanding of this notorious cosmic giant, publishing the results in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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