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Robert McNees

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Professor, physicist. Black holes, quantum gravity, cosmology. Tennessean. Rocky Top. Tar Heel. RTs are spooky action at a distance. Views mine, not employer's.

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First direct image of the Sagittarius A* black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration.

First direct image of the Sagittarius A* black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration.
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Data for this image was collected at the same time as data for the image of the M87 black hole. That image was released back in 2019; this one required more processing and analysis.

Data for this image was collected at the same time as data for the image of the M87 black hole. That image was released back in 2019; this one required more processing and analysis.
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Here’s the announcement from Event Horizon 'Scope!
eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronome…
Image: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

Here’s the announcement from @ehtelescope! eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronome… Image: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
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This is the link to the special issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters, but it isn't up yet.
iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8…

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