Just like Einstein predicted.
"The reason we can see that is because that black hole is warping space, bending light and twisting magnetic fields around itself," Wilkins said.
Einstein's theory of general relativity has always predicted this, but the bending of light around a black hole has never been confirmed — until now, a testament to the recent advancements in technology that allowed this unprecedented look at our cosmos.
The team was studying coronas, the swirling halos of superheated gas that surround certain black holes. Once these gases get caught up in the magnetic field of the black hole, they produce X-rays, which we can observe from Earth. We still don't fully understand the coronas swirling around many black holes in our universe, but the European Space Agency's upcoming
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