Iconic image of M87 black hole just got a machine learning makeover

“PRIMO is a new approach to the difficult task of constructing images from EHT observations.”

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[Person_Man]

Ummm how can we detect photons TRAPPED in orbit around a black hole?

Also those are the slowest moving photons I've ever heard of - shouldn't they be traveling at the speed of light?

-d