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Astronomers Image Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87’s Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has revealed today a new view of the massive object at the centre of the M87 galaxy: how it looks in polarised light. This is the first time astronomers have been able to measure polarisation, a signature of magnetic fields, this close to the edge of a black hole. The observations are key to explaining how the M87 galaxy, located 55 million light-years away, is able to launch energetic jets from its core.

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To See Jesus

wheat for plantingOn this Fifth Sunday of Lent we find ourselves in John 12, as the public ministry of Jesus comes to a close. He will be seen no more in public after this, except during his trial and when he was hanging on the cross. So there must be a lot... Read more about To See Jesus