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M87* One Year Later: Catching the Black Hole's Turbulent Accretion Flow

ved and theoretical images of M87*. The left panels display EHT images of M87* from the 2018 and 2017 observation campaigns.

This research represents a significant leap forward in our understanding of the extreme processes governing black holes and their environments, providing fresh theoretical insights into some of the universe's most mysterious phenomena. Since we can treat the 2017 and 2018 observations as independent measurements, we can constrain the black hole’s surroundings with a new perspective, ” says Hung-Yi Pu, assistant professor at National Taiwan Normal University. “Analysis of the EHT data for M87 from later years (2021 and 2022) is already underway and promises to provide even more robust statistical constraints and deeper insights into the nature of the turbulent flow surrounding the black hole of M87.”

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