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ESOcast 235 Light: Astronomers Image Magnetic Fields at Black Hole's Edge
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:01:42
Publish Date: 2021-03-24 14:00:00
Description: The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has today revealed a new view of the massive object at the centre of the Messier 87 galaxy: how it looks in polarised light. This is the first time astronomers have been able to measure polarisation, a signature of magnetic fields, this close to the edge of a black hole. This video summarises the discovery.
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