Channel: Sixty Symbols

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Description: Professor Mike Merrifield discusses a new image revealing polarised light (and the magnetic field) around M87's supermassive black hole. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Our video on the original image: youtu.be/rflupY5Aa-Q See our black hole playlist of videos: bit.ly/Black_Hole_Videos Event Horizon Telescope: eventhorizontelescope.org More about the new image: eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronomers-image-magnetic-fields-edge-m87s-black-hole Mike Merrifield is an astronomer at The University of Nottingham - twitter.com/AstroMikeMerri Many images courtesy of ESO - see more at: eso.org PAPERS... First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Magnetic Field Structure near The Event Horizon: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abe4de First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abe71d Polarisation: youtube.com/watch?v=KM2TkM0hzW8 Deep Sky Videos on M87: youtu.be/ppIk7h0XHBE Visit our website at sixtysymbols.com We're on Facebook at facebook.com/sixtysymbols And Twitter at twitter.com/sixtysymbols This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham bit.ly/NottsPhysics Patreon: patreon.com/sixtysymbols Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran bradyharanblog.com Email list: eepurl.com/YdjL9