Newslink: These Wisps Around Black Holes Could Reveal How the Cosmic Beasts Eat
DENVER — You've seen the first close-up of a black hole. Now, get ready to see the faint wisps of matter surrounding the object.
The international team responsible for the first-ever image of a black hole's shadow already has plans to take a better, more detailed image. And that image could reveal new details about the matter and magnetic fields wrapped around the supermassive, distant object at the center of galaxy Messier 87 (M87).