The next phase in imaging black holes is to study them from space.
Black holes are some of the most extreme objects in the universe, and a new mission proposal suggests launching a space telescope specifically to study them. The Event Horizon Telescope group, which took both the first-ever image of a black hole in 2019 and the first-ever image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy in 2022, has plans for a new mission called the Black Hole Explorer .
Recommended Videos “This collaboration with NRAO marks a significant step forward in our quest to understand the nature of black holes,” said Michael Johnson, principal investigator for BHEX at the CfA. “By extending the EHT to space, we’ll be able to study dozens of black holes and see how they power the brightest engines in the universe.”
Related Though black holes themselves are invisible because they are so dense that not even light can escape them, the area immediately around a black hole’s event horizon can be busy and chaotic. Often, there are large amounts of dust and gas swirling around a black hole, attracted and accelerated by its extreme gravity. As this material rubs together, it becomes hot and starts to glow — and for large and active black holes, this glow can even be seen and studied from Earth.
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