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First detection of light from behind a black hole
- BBC-vs-neolibs 5y agoI was naïvely disappointed that the light was not from beyond the event horizon, but instead some kind of gravitational lensing. It was not the "regular" gravitational lensing but something much more exotic, but still, I was disappointed it was not some kind of Star-Trek level beoynd the event horizon information peeking through. :-D
- heinrichhartman 5y ago> not from beyond the event horizon Clearly -- As this would have been impossible by the definition of Event Horizon [1] : ) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_horizon#Event_horizon_of_a_black_hole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_horizon#Event_horizon_of...
- omginternets 5y ago…which is precisely why such an event would have been interesting.
- jfengel 5y agoNot just interesting. Mind-blowing. Earth-shaking. Jaw-dropping. The kind of thing that should be front-page news of every newspaper and magazine. Including Cat Fancy and Woodworker Monthly. It would be behind cold fusion and a message from aliens... but that's about it. It would be far more important than the Higgs boson or Fermat's Last Theorem. So if that's the only thing that rises to a level that's not disappointing, one should prepare for a lot of disappointment.
- OhHiMarkos 5y agoFor all the Greeks: The institute behind the discovery is named Kavli Institute.
- 100011_100001 5y agoCan you blame them, they are looking at holes all day.
- IG_Semmelweiss 5y agoThe written article is very informative but the graphics will fall short for those that are visual learners, and may even confuse. As i come to understand it from the written article, the reason light from behind the black hole can be seen, is the rapidly twisting of the magnetic field and the warping of spacetime that ocurrs. However, none of the visual representations show any magnetic field twisting or warping of spacetime.
- imvetri 5y agoThank you