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Harvard, Smithsonian Astronomers Help Capture First Image of Black Hole’s Magnetic Fields

  • A view of M87's supermassive black hole in polarized light. The lines mark the orientation of polarization, which is related to the magnetic field around the shadow of the black hole.

    A view of M87's supermassive black hole in polarized light. The lines mark the orientation of polarization, which is related to the magnetic field around the shadow of the black hole.

    EHT Collaboration

    Low Resolution Image

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