#  The Event Horizon Telescope 

 



##  Probing the jet base of M87's supermassive black hole 

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##  EHT News Blog 

 



  [### Africa Millimetre Telescope to bring black holes into sharper focus for movies

 ](/news/2026/03/africa-millimetre-telescope-bring-black-holes-sharper-focus-movies) March 09, 2026 

 An international consortium led by Radboud University has secured a contract agreement for the construction of a radio telescope that will become the Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT) in Namibia. The new telescope will be an essential addition to the... 

 

 

   [### Probing the jet base of M87's supermassive black hole

 ](/news/2026/01/probing-jet-base-m87s-supermassive-black-hole-0) January 28, 2026 

 • Recently published data from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) of the galaxy Messier 87 facilitate new insights into the direct environment of the central supermassive black hole. • Measured differences in the radio light on different spatial scales can... 

 

 

   [### Event Horizon Telescope maps twisting magnetic fields near the supermassive binary black hole candidate OJ287

 ](/news/2026/01/event-horizon-telescope-maps-twisting-magnetic-fields-near-oj287) January 07, 2026 

 For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the dynamic interaction between shock waves (regions of compressed plasma) and helical pressure waves in the jet of a supermassive black hole, thanks to groundbreaking observations by the Event...