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  • Reflecting on M87’s Black Hole Shadow One Year Later

    Reflecting on M87’s Black Hole Shadow One Year Later

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    Reia Leen Delantar
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    The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration revealed images from its second campaign in 2018, confirming a persistent black hole shadow around M87* and suggesting a dynamic environment. M87*’s black hole silhouette, released in 2019, was a breakthrough in astrophysics, showing a ring-shaped shadow formed by light trying to escape the supermassive black hole’s gravity. Recent…