Re:Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]
by manigandham on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @06:20PM
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They observed both, watch the follow-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GVbuddri8
"The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration observed the supermassive black holes at the center of M87 and our Milky Way galaxy (SgrA*) finding the dark central shadow in accordance with General Relativity, further demonstrating the power of this 100 year-old theory."
Re:Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]
by misnome on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:07AM
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But in the press conference they specifically said they weren’t releasing SgrA* yes because they hadn’t completed their analysis. They released pictures after that?
Re:Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]
by manigandham on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:12PM
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You're right, it looks like they are still observing Sagittarius A but what they released was only a simulation for that one.
Re:Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]
by juliansimioni on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @06:20PM
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I thought we got both, which is the best possible outcome: no one is wrong and there are more black hole photos.
Re:Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]
by hannasanarion on Thursday April 11, 2019 @10:42AM
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We didn't get both, we only got M87. Sgr A is dimmer, so it needs more number crunching to get a good image
He said we would see a picture of Sagittarius A*, but we actually got the black hole at the center of M87.