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New EHT Images Reveal Unexpected Polarization Flips at M87*
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has unveiled new, detailed images of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87- known as M87*- revealing a dynamic environment with changing polarization patterns near the black hole...
multi year image

M87'S POWERFUL JET UNLEASHES RARE GAMMA-RAY OUTBURST
M87'S POWERFUL JET UNLEASHES RARE GAMMA-RAY OUTBURST It is the first very high-energy flaring episode recorded from M87 since 2010. The data were collected by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration during a multi-wavelength observational campaign...
The observatories and telescopes that participated in the 2018 multiband campaign to detect the high-energy gamma-ray flare from the M87* black hole. Credits: EHT Collaboration, Fermi-LAT Collaboration, H.E.S.S. Collaboration, MAGIC Collaboration, VERITAS Collaboration, EAVN Collaboration Animation: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/onwoa80ypymd6mm0exlr7/VHE_LC_skymap_animation.mp4?rlkey=vdnph7b5f5be10ae4aqeo2h52&dl=0 Very high energy gamma-ray flare observed by Cherenkov telescopes (H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITA

EHT Makes Highest-Resolution Black Hole Detections from Earth
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, in collaboration with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), has conducted test observations achieving the highest-resolution ever obtained from the surface of the Earth, by detecting...
Location of the observatories

M87* One Year Later: Proof of a Persistent Black Hole Shadow
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has released new images of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, using data from observations taken in April 2018. With the participation of the newly commissioned...
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Fifth Year Milestone for the NSBP/SAO EHT Scholars
For the past four years, the National Society of Black Physicists ( NSBP ) and the Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory ( SAO ) have partnered to create cutting-edge research internships within the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project targeting STEM...
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Imaging Reanalyses of EHT Data
The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (EHTC) welcomes critical, independent analysis and interpretation of our published results. We publish detailed descriptions of our methods as well as raw data, data products, and analysis scripts to facilitate...