Ep. 526: Event Horizon Telescope and the Black Hole at M87

By susie - April 15, 2019 at 4:29 PM UTC | Black Holes

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Today, of course, we're going to talk about the announcement from the Event Horizon Telescope and the first photograph of a black hole's event horizon.

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