Event Horizon Telescope

Watching the Changing M87 Black Hole Event HorizonWatching the Changing M87 Black Hole Event Horizon

Watching the Changing M87 Black Hole Event Horizon

The event horizon is a fascinating part of a black hole’s anatomy. In 2017, telescopes around the world gathered data…

1 month ago
M87 Releases a Rare and Powerful Outburts of Gamma-ray RadiationM87 Releases a Rare and Powerful Outburts of Gamma-ray Radiation

M87 Releases a Rare and Powerful Outburts of Gamma-ray Radiation

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration made history when it released the first-ever image of a black hole.…

2 months ago
Using Light Echoes to Find Black HolesUsing Light Echoes to Find Black Holes

Using Light Echoes to Find Black Holes

The speed of light gives astronomers a special trick when examining the tangled-up gravitational well around a black hole. Researchers…

4 months ago
Simulating the Accretion Disk Around a Black HoleSimulating the Accretion Disk Around a Black Hole

Simulating the Accretion Disk Around a Black Hole

Black holes are by their very nature, challenging to observe and difficult to spot. It's usually observations of the accretion…

6 months ago
Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope To Unlock Mysteries of Black HolesNext Generation Event Horizon Telescope To Unlock Mysteries of Black Holes

Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope To Unlock Mysteries of Black Holes

The prospect of actually resolving the event horizon of black holes feels like the stuff of science fiction yet it…

7 months ago
What’s Next for the Event Horizon Telescope? Twelve Possible New TargetsWhat’s Next for the Event Horizon Telescope? Twelve Possible New Targets

What’s Next for the Event Horizon Telescope? Twelve Possible New Targets

Both the Milky Way and a galaxy known as M87 have supermassive black holes at their core. These are the…

8 months ago
Black Holes: Why study them? What makes them so fascinating?Black Holes: Why study them? What makes them so fascinating?

Black Holes: Why study them? What makes them so fascinating?

Over the last few months, Universe Today has explored a plethora of scientific fields, including impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets,…

9 months ago
New View Reveals Magnetic Fields Around Our Galaxy’s Giant Black HoleNew View Reveals Magnetic Fields Around Our Galaxy’s Giant Black Hole

New View Reveals Magnetic Fields Around Our Galaxy’s Giant Black Hole

Fresh imagery from the Event Horizon Telescope traces the lines of powerful magnetic fields spiraling out from the edge of…

11 months ago
The Event Horizon Telescope Zooms in on a Black Hole's JetThe Event Horizon Telescope Zooms in on a Black Hole's Jet

The Event Horizon Telescope Zooms in on a Black Hole's Jet

The Event Horizon Telescope has given us amazing views of the supermassive black holes at the hearts of M87 and…

1 year ago
What Could a Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope Do?What Could a Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope Do?

What Could a Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope Do?

Telescopes have come a long way in a little over four hundred years! It was 1608 that Dutch spectacle maker…

1 year ago