Direct black hole images that are 50% clearer? [Video]

ESO astronomer Suzanna Randall reveals how a pilot experiment using telescopes that are part of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (EHT) was able to obtain the highest-resolution observations ever made from the ground. Thanks to these test observations, the EHT Collaboration estimates that, in the future, they will be able to make black hole images 50% more detailed than was possible before. Video via ESO.

• The first direct images of black holes were obtained in in 2019 and 2022. Astronomers used the Event Horizon Telescope, a network of radio telescopes, which worked together to function as one giant Earth-sized telescope.
• Are better direct images of black holes possible? These scientists say yes. They just tested a new technique on distant galaxies. They say the same method can be used to image black holes directly.
• They expect 50% better clarityon future direct black hole images, thanks to their new method. These future images are …