Using Event Horizon Telescope observations of M87's black hole from 2017, 2018 and 2021, "astronomers have found some changes in this now iconic image that could be caused by variations in the magnetic field around the black hole," according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
Credit:
ESO
Directed by: Luis Calçada
Hosted by: Suzanna Randall, Violette Impellizzeri
Written by: Suzanna Randall
Editing: Martin Kornmesser
Videography: Angelos Tsaousis
Footage and photos: ESO, EHT Collaboration, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, N. Risinger, P. Horálek, spaceengine.org, DSS2, ESA/Hubble, RadioAstron, De Gasperin et al., Kim et al., Jean-Pierre Luminet, Weih/Fromm/Younsi/Rezzolla, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Music: Martin Stuertzer, Envato
Animations & Infographics: Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser
Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida
Scientific consultants: Violette Impellizzeri
Acknowledgements: Paul Tiede, Michael Janssen
Promotion: Juan Carlos Muñoz Mateos, Oana Sandu
Filming Locations: ESO Supernova (Super Nova ESO)
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