How the Messier 87 black hole and jet image was captured (VIDEO)

Aalto University

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Metsähovi Radio Telescope, located in the forests outside Greater Helsinki in Finland, is one of the telescopes used to take the first image of the M87 black hole together with its powerful jet. The image is formed from measurements gathered at 3.5mm radio wavelength by a network of radio telescopes around the world. The results were published in Nature on 26 April 2023.

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