RE: First ever black hole image released
April 11, 2019 at 10:43 am
(This post was last modified: April 11, 2019 at 10:51 am by Anomalocaris.)
(April 11, 2019 at 6:57 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(April 10, 2019 at 8:01 pm)chimp3 Wrote: fb!
(April 10, 2019 at 8:38 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: To the BBC science writer:
That is not the image of the black hole. It is the image of the accretion disk around the black hole. Black hole by definition can’t be imaged. It would have the same effect on any imaging sensor as if it was not there. Saying the image of the accretion disk is the image of the black hole is like saying an image of Pluto is an image of the sun.
It is being taken as proof that black holes exist (along with SgrA* images), and that's good for the boffins. I don't think any knowledgeable person expected to actually see an object that can't be seen.
![[Image: m87_black_hole_size_comparison.png]](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/m87_black_hole_size_comparison.png)
Proofs of black hole as conclusive as current state of physics allows have existed for decades. This photo adds literally nothing to it.
The best that current state of physics allows still permit what we believe to be black holes to actually be some other types of theoretically plausible exotic objects. This photo also does not exclude these lingering doubts.
