What the NEW black hole discovery tells us!
Astronomers have seen light from BEHIND a black hole for the first time. I explained the discovery and results to my editor, Levi. Congrats to D. Wilkins and the astronomy team! Tap dat Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl Special thank you to our X-Ray tier patrons: Carlos Patricio, David Cichowski, Eddie Sabbah, Fabrice Eap, Gil Chesterton, Isabel Herstek, Margaux Lopez, Matt Kaminski, Michael Schneider, Patrick Olson, Tommy Joseph, Vikram Bhat, Vincent Argiro, wc993219 http://physicsgirl.org/ http://twitter.com/thephysicsgirl http://facebook.com/thephysicsgirl http://instagram.com/thephysicsgirl Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern Videographer/Editor: Levi Butner Resources and links Original Nature paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03667-0.epdf “Stanford astrophysicists report first detection of light from behind a black hole” https://news.stanford.edu/2021/07/28/first-detection-light-behind-black-hole/ “Dynamic Behavior of a Black Hole Corona” https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/01/The_dynamic_behaviour_of_a_black_hole_corona https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/923516 https://www.iflscience.com/space/for-the-first-time-light-has-been-directly-observed-from-behind-a-supermassive-black-hole/
