Sagittarius A* Current Affairs, GK & News

First Image of Black Hole Magnetic Field

For the first time, international scientists working on the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have created an image showing the magnetic field around a black hole. The black hole is located in M87 galaxy. Black Hole Magnetic Field Image In 2019, the astronomers working on the EHT captured the first image of the shadow of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Black hole • Black holes • Event Horizon Telescope • Galaxies • Milky Way • Optical polarisation phenomenon • Sagittarius • Sagittarius A* • Space exploration • Supermassive black holes

Astronomers capture first ever image of Black Hole

Astronomers have captured the first-ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy known as ‘Messier 87’ (M87), through a network of 8 linked radio telescopes known as the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration. The black hole in the centre of M87 has a mass of more than six billion solar ..

Topics: Astronomical imaging • Astronomy • Black hole • BlackHoleCam • Event Horizon Telescope • Galaxies • Katie Bouman • Messier 87 • Natural sciences • Physical sciences • Sagittarius A*