🌌 Any astrophysical object that comes too close to a black hole will fall inside. Right? But new research by scholars from Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton University, and Vanderbilt University shows that energy close to the black hole at the center of galaxy M87 pushes…outward! More: ias.edu/news/galactic-…

Astrophysicists at #PrincetonU, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and Vanderbilt University have discovered that the twisting magnetic field around a black hole determines the tell-tale polarization spiral observed in black hole images. bit.ly/3QH5ijs

Challenge if you're into recurrence relations, special functions, ODEs … Is there a closed form for this special case arising from the confluent Heun equation? mathoverflow.net/questions/4754…

‘We’re building a telescope bigger than Earth’. Alex Lupsasca is part of an ambitious plan to image a black hole, a mission that could test the limits of relativity. newscientist.com/article/mg2633…

Alex is on a mission to test the fundamental laws of relativity more strongly than ever before by looking at black holes using the largest synthetic telescope ever created. I am excited to support his work to see if it further strengthens Einstein's theory or provides a gateway

Alex Lupsasca (Alex Lupsasca) writes about how the proposed Black Hole Explorer mission could probe Einstein's theory. Check out his blog post below:

This is the coolest experiment ever. Alex Lupsasca is building the biggest telescope in history with an effective aperture 3x the size of earth to capture photons that have been circling a black hole. You've heard of EHT, now prepare for BHEX (1/6)

Cool science happening in Nashville 👇

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A new version of Black Hole Vision is out. Now featuring a selfie mode and including rotating (Kerr) black holes. Check it out if you haven't already! apps.apple.com/us/app/black-h…

Check out Black Hole Vision developed by Trevor Gravely with supervision from Dr. Roman Berens and Alex Lupsasca at Vanderbilt university, and input from Dominic Chang at Harvard University. apps.apple.com/app/id67372924… #blackhole #astronomy

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