The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has today revealed a new view of the massive object at the centre of the Messier 87 galaxy: how it looks in polarised light. This is the first time astronomers have been able to measure polarisation, a signature of magnetic fields, this close to the edge of a black hole. This video summarises the discovery.
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Credits: ESO
Directed by: Herbert Zodet.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Anna Purdue, Thea Elvin and Bárbara Ferreira.
Music: STAN DART (www.stan-dart.com) — Xmas Special.
Footage and photos: ESO, EHT Collaboration, L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2, ESA/Hubble, RadioAstron, De Gasperin et al., Kim et al., M. Kornmesser, C. Malin (christophmalin.com) and B. Tafreshi (twanight.org).
Scientific consultants:Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.
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