Polarised view of the black hole in M87 (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Polarised view of the black hole in M87

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The lines mark the orientation of polarisation, which is related to the magnetic field around the shadow of the black hole.

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Credit: © EHT Collaboration

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