2021 March 31 - M87's Central Black Hole in Polarized Light
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2021-03-31

In today's image, we see the central black hole in the great elliptical galaxy known as M87. This is imaged with the Event Horizon Telescope which gives us a peek at the regions very close to the black hole and hopefully will help us to better understand the processes going on there. 

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