Astronomers have seen light from BEHIND a black hole for the first time. I explained the discovery and results to my editor, Levi. Congrats to D. Wilkins and the astronomy team!
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Resources and links.
Original Nature paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03667-0.epdf.
“Stanford astrophysicists report first detection of light from behind a black hole”
https://news.stanford.edu/2021/07/28/first-detection-light-behind-black-hole/
“Dynamic Behavior of a Black Hole Corona”
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/01/The_dynami…ole_corona.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/923516
https://www.iflscience.com/space/for-the-first-time-light-ha…lack-hole/
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