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A new image shows jets of plasma shooting out of a supermassive black hole

  • Written by Phil Edwards, Program Director, Australia Telescope National Facility Science, CSIRO
A new image shows jets of plasma shooting out of a supermassive black holeEvent Horizon Telescope project/Nature Astronomy

In 2019, when astronomers captured the first image of a black hole’s shadow — a bright orange doughnut-shaped halo created by the black hole’s intense gravity bending light around it — it was rightly hailed as a breakthrough.

Now, I have joined the Event Horizon Telescope team...

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