Astronomers aim to take ‘revolutionary’ moving image of black hole
Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitudeDark, hungry and inescapable: black holes are often portrayed as the ultimate cosmic villains.But now astronomers are preparing to capture a movie of a supermassive black hole in action for...
<p>Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitude</p><p>Dark, hungry and inescapable: black holes are often portrayed as the ultimate cosmic villains.</p><p>But now astronomers are preparing to capture a movie of a supermassive black hole in action for the first time, in observations that could help reveal another side to these elusive – and perhaps misunderstood – space objects.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/18/astronomers-revolutionary-moving-image-black-hole-cambridge-science">Continue reading...</a>
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