Imaging a black hole with an Earth-sized radio telescope

With a gravitational pull so great not even light can escape, it's impossible to directly observe a black hole. But scientists have created a new algorithm that may allow astronomers to generate the first full image of a black hole. Using data collected from a connected array of radio telescopes around the world, the algorithm effectively turns the Earth into a gigantic radio telescope with a resolution factor more than a thousand times greater than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Harvard-Smithsonian
• Algorithms
• Astronomy
• Telescope
• Astrophysics
• Black hole
• MIT

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