First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way
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Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters · View the paper (DOI)
The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of Sagittarius A*, a hot and dense black hole surrounded by superheated gas, improving our understanding of black holes. The Frontera supercomputer supported this achievement through innovative data-driven astronomy.
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- First image of the beastly black hole at the heart of our galaxy University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center · May 12, 2022 · first to report
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