Astronomers have made the most vivid hole of a black hole that "looks" at the side of the Earth – ZIK.UA news



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Thursday, January 24, 2019, 16:55

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Astronomers have captured the clearest cliche of the black hole that "looks" on the side of the Earth.

  Photo: The Astrophysical Journal

Photo: The Astrophysical Journal

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute received the most accurate black hole image of the moment.

According to "Popular Mechanics", Sagittarius A * was hit, a supermassive black hole located in the center of the Milky Way, writes dt.

The researchers point out that, by itself, a black hole absorbs light, so p can not see it. However, the center of the galaxy, in which it is located, is filled with matter and acts as a kind of frosted glass. This is how scientists were able to visualize Sagittarius A *.

It is also noted that the resolution of a new image exceeds twice the resolution of the previous one. Researchers used 13 powerful telescopes around the world to obtain an image.

Scientists predicted that a powerful flow of matter and radiation would go into the black hole, but they did not find it. According to the researchers, this could be due to the fact that the flow is directed towards the observers of the Earth and that it is impossible to distinguish its contours.

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