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Scientists extract the sharpest image of a black hole yet

The EHT Collaboration has released the most detailed image yet of the M87 black hole, created with the aid of an additional telescope.

Now, the EHT Collaboration has released the most detailed image yet of the same M87 black hole, created with the aid of an additional telescope, that better displays the insane physics behind these supermassive objects. The result was slightly fuzzy, but clearly showed the expected "donut" with the black hole at the center and accretion disk made of matter inhaled from nearby stars. "Confirmation of the ring in a completely new data set is a huge milestone for our collaboration and a strong indication that we are looking at a black hole shadow and the material orbiting around it," said Dr. Keiichi Asada from ASIAA.

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