Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #blackhole1year
Most recents (1)
A year ago today, we unveiled the M87 #BlackHole image by @ehtelescope! We were so proud to finally share our hard work (by 300+ scientists & engineers) with the rest of the world! Let me tell you a little bit about the crazy journey to get here
1/n
#OTD #BlackHole1year 🥳
1/n
#OTD #BlackHole1year 🥳
@ehtelescope uses the technique of very long baseline interferometry to achieve the resolution necessary to see a black hole 55 million light-years away! We synchronized 📡📡 around the world, and synthesized a virtual telescope the size of Earth!
cr. @TheNRAO
cr. @TheNRAO
The possibility to see the shadow of a black hole with VLBI was first put forward by my advisor, @hfalcke, back in 2000. At just the right radio wavelength, the gas flow around the black hole would be thin enough to peer down into the darkness!
cr. Falcke, Melia, Agol 2000
cr. Falcke, Melia, Agol 2000
