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Black hole unmasked: Astronomers capture first image of accretion ring and relativistic jet

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Powerful illustration of supermassive black hole jet

Astronomers have produced an image depicting both the accretion structure and the powerful relativistic jet of the black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87. The image was generated using the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA), integrated by the Atacama Large Millimeter /submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Greenland Telescope (GLT), providing a panoramic … Read more

Revolutionary image of the Milky Way captured with the “lens” of the Antarctic neutrino

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IceCube neutrino observatory

An artist composition of the Milky Way seen through a neutrino lens (blue). | Credits: IceCube Collaboration/US National Science Foundation (NSF) (Lily Le and Shawn Johnson)/ESO (S. Brunier). The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos. The groundbreaking image is the first of its kind and provides critical evidence … Read more