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Event Horizon Telescope to Track M87 Black Hole's Rotation

1/18/2026

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The Event Horizon Telescope will capture footage of Messier 87's supermassive black hole for the first time, tracking it through March and April to reveal rotation speed.
Sera Markoff, a professor at the University of Cambridge, says black holes are crucial to understanding galaxy evolution.
Data collection will be extensive, delaying analysis until the Antarctic summer when hard drives are processed in Germany and the United States.

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The Event Horizon Telescope will capture footage of Messier 87's supermassive black hole for the first time, tracking it through March and April to reveal rotation speed.
Sera Markoff, a professor at the University of Cambridge, says black holes are crucial to understanding galaxy evolution.
Data collection will be extensive, delaying analysis until the Antarctic summer when hard drives are processed in Germany and the United States.