Magnetic Field around a Black Hole Mapped for the First Time

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March 24, 2021

Space Magnetic Field around a Black Hole Mapped for the First Time Images from the Event Horizon Telescope reveal new details of how supermassive black holes produce huge jets of matter and energy By Stephanie Pappas,LiveScience

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FROM THE ARCHIVE At Last, a Black Hole's Image Revealed The Event Horizon Telescope captures one of the universe's most mysterious objects By Lee Billings | April 2019

QUOTE OF THE DAY "It's a very exciting result, learning more about this black hole image and the physical properties behind the image of the black hole in M87. It's just the beginning." Jason Dexter, astrophysicist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and coordinator of the EHT Theory Working Group

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