Professor Mike Merrifield discusses a new image revealing polarised light (and the magnetic field) around M87's supermassive black hole.
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Event Horizon Telescope: https://eventhorizontelescope.org
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Mike Merrifield is an astronomer at The University of Nottingham -   / astromikemerri  

Many images courtesy of ESO - see more at: https://www.eso.org

PAPERS...
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Magnetic Field Structure near The Event Horizon: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10...
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10...

Polarisation:    • Polarisation - Sixty Symbols  

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