2021-03-26

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Professor Mike Merrifield discusses a new image revealing polarised light (and the magnetic field) around M87's supermassive black hole.

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Our video on the original image: /youtube/video/rflupY5Aa-Q

See our black hole playlist of videos: http://bit.ly/Black_Hole_Videos

Event Horizon Telescope: https://eventhorizontelescope.org

More about the new image: https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronomers-image-magnetic-fields-edge-m87s-black-hole

Mike Merrifield is an astronomer at The University of Nottingham - https://twitter.com/AstroMikeMerri

Many images courtesy of ESO - see more at: https://www.eso.org

PAPERS...

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Magnetic Field Structure near The Event Horizon: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abe4de

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abe71d

Polarisation: /youtube/video/KM2TkM0hzW8

Deep Sky Videos on M87: https://youtu.be/ppIk7h0XHBE

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