Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Astronomers Use a Double-Lensing Technique to Study a Supermassive Black Hole

Artist’s rendering of the corona around a black hole. Credit: RIKEN

An international team of astronomers led by Matus Rybak (Leiden University, Netherlands) has proven, thanks to accidental double zoom, that millimetre radiation is generated close to the core of a supermassive black hole. Their findings have been accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.



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