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As far as I know, Veritasium and others occasionally join efforts and coordinate around soon to be published scientific discoveries in a goal to increase exposu
by tqkxzugoaupvwqr 8y ago
As far as I know, Veritasium and others occasionally join efforts and coordinate around soon to be published scientific discoveries in a goal to increase exposure. Don’t know if this was the case with the black hole image.
- hannasanarion 8y agoIt probably wasn't coordinated, because he got the black hole that was being imaged wrong. He said we would see a picture of Sagittarius A*, but we actually got the black hole at the center of M87.
- manigandham 8y agoThey observed both, watch the follow-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GVbuddri8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GVbuddri8 "The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration observed the supermassive black holes at the center of M87 and our Milky Way galaxy (SgrA*) finding the dark central shadow in accordance with General Relativity, further demonstrating the power of this 100 year-old theory."
- misnome 8y agoBut in the press conference they specifically said they weren’t releasing SgrA* yes because they hadn’t completed their analysis. They released pictures after that?
- manigandham 8y agoYou're right, it looks like they are still observing Sagittarius A but what they released was only a simulation for that one.
- spectre256 8y agoI thought we got both, which is the best possible outcome: no one is wrong and there are more black hole photos.
- hannasanarion 8y agoWe didn't get both, we only got M87. Sgr A is dimmer, so it needs more number crunching to get a good image