NEW MEXICO’S VERY LARGE ARRAY WEST OF SOCORRO CONTRIBUTED TO RESEARCH ON THE BLACK HOLE THAT MANY OF YOU SAW SO MUCH OF IN THE NEWS ON MONDAY. A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS … INCLUDING CHIEF SCIENTIST AND ASTROPHYSICISTCHRIS CARILLI IN SOCORRO AT NEW MEXICO TECH … RELEASED THE FIRST IMAGE OF A BLACK HOLE MONDAY. THE IMAGE SHOWS A DARK RING THAT DEFINES THE BLACK HOLE … WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY THE EVENT HORIZON , OR THE FIERY ORANGE SUPERHEATED GAS AND DUST.
CARILLI AT NEW MEXICO TECH TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT BLACK HOLES USUALLY OCCUR WHEN A STAR’S GRAVITY CAUSES IT TO CAVE IN ON ITSELF. THE GRAVITY IS SO STRONG THAT NOT EVEN LIGHT CAN ESCAPE FROM THE HOLE.
