Astronomers have seen light from BEHIND a black hole for the first time. I explained the discovery and results to my editor, Levi. Congrats to D. Wilkins and the astronomy team!

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Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern
Videographer/Editor: Levi Butner

Resources and links
Original Nature paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...
“Stanford astrophysicists report first detection of light from behind a black hole”
https://news.stanford.edu/2021/07/28/...
“Dynamic Behavior of a Black Hole Corona”
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Im...
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-relea...
https://www.iflscience.com/space/for-...