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Is this iconic black hole image accurate? New study delivers an independent result

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par Samuel Lai, Early Research Career Fellow, Space & Astronomy, CSIRO
Nithyanandan Thyagarajan, Principal Research Scientist, Space & Astronomy, CSIRO

On April 10 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration revealed the first picture of a black hole. The object is at the centre of a galaxy known as M87, about 55 million light-years away.

The iconic ring structure instantly became one of the most recognised scientific images of the modern era.

It showed a black hole “shadow” outlined by light from swirling…

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