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Smithsonian Magazine: Nearest black hole’s position can be seen without a telescope
If you are in the southern hemisphere, as were the ESO (European Southern Observatory) astronomers: The pair of stars in a system called HR 6819 is so close to us that on a clear night in the Southern Hemisphere, a person might be able to spot them without a telescope. What that stargazer wouldn’t see, Read More…
At PhysicsWorld: Image of black hole and its shadow is the breakthrough of the year
The image is thought to establish that black holes really do exist; they are not just astrophysicists’ imaginings.
The ultimate fate of a black hole: Can a hologram within a hologram provide a hint?
Some physicists think that information might escape a black hole via an escape route that involves a higher dimension.
Extreme black hole shows Einstein was right
Of course, there is so much talk these days of a crisis in physics that one is tempted to wonder if vindicating Einstein is regarded as just as positive an event as it would have been decades ago. Good stuff anyway.