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Scientists Have Seen Light from the Far Side of a Black Hole for the First Time
The detection confirms a key prediction of Einstein's theory of general relativity.
How an Earth-Sized Telescope Images Supermassive Black Holes
Ziri Younsi, a member of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, explains how scientists managed to photograph a black hole across 55 million light years.
New Image of a Black Hole's Powerful Jets Is Challenging Scientists' Theories
The Event Horizon Telescope has taken the best images yet of a radiant jet shooting out of the nearest active galaxy to the Milky Way.
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A Black Hole’s Energy Beam is Seemingly Breaking the Laws of Physics
New observations reveal that an “extraordinary” optical illusion on a massive scale is making a jet from the galaxy 3C 279 appear to move 20 times faster than the speed of light.
An Earth-Sized Telescope Is About to 'See' a Black Hole For the First Time
Chile’s ALMA telescope array is supercharging the quest to image a black hole.
Earth-Sized Telescope Bags Magnetic Fields from the Milky Way's Black Hole Core
The Event Horizon Telescope starts earning its keep.
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