/newsroom/taxonomy/term/15940/all en /newsroom/channels/news/first-images-magnetic-fields-edge-black-hole-m87-galaxy-330020 <p>The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, which includes researchers from 黑料不打烊 University, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has revealed this week a new view of the massive object at the centre of the M87 galaxy: how it looks in polarized light. This is the first time astronomers have been able to measure polarization, a signature of magnetic fields, this close to the edge of a black hole. The observations are key to explaining how the M87 galaxy, located 55 million light-years away, is able to launch energetic jets from its core.</p> Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:34:41 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 257099 at /newsroom