Twisted Light Could Enable Black Hole Detection

Monday, February 14, 2011 - 15:31 in Astronomy & Space

Black holes, as their name suggests, are dark. Perfectly dark. A black hole's gravity is so intense that beyond a certain boundary in its vicinity, known as the event horizon, nothing can escape. Not a rocket with its boosters on full blast nor a photon of light. Nothing. [More]

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