Hello Class! Today’s Science Lesson: Understanding The Image of The Black Hole
Scientific history is going to be made today as astronomers release the very first picture ever taken of the vaunted, mystical “Black Hole”. There is so much gravitational pull in…
396536 01: This the European Space Agency photgraph released October 25, 2001 shows a supermassive black hole in the core of galaxy named MCG-6-30-15 as seen through the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) satellite. With this type of imaging, scientists for the first time have seen energy being extracted from a black hole. Like an electric dynamo, this black hole spins and pumps energy out through cable-like magnetic field lines into the chaotic gas whipping around it, making the gas – already infernally hot from the sheer force of crushing gravity – even hotter. (Photo by ESA/Getty Images)
(Photo by ESA/Getty Images)Scientific history is going to be made today as astronomers release the very first picture ever taken of the vaunted, mystical "Black Hole". There is so much gravitational pull in the "Black Hole" that light never escapes. So, will the actual picture of the "Black Hole" be any different than previous computer simulations?
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