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A CSIRO team of four scientists has applied a new imaging technique to confirm the 2019 Event Horizon Telescope image of the black hole at the center of galaxy M87. The technique, developed by the Australian national science agency, independently validated the landmark view that showed the black hole’s shadow for the first time. Dr. Samuel Lai, the CSIRO astronomer who led the effort, described the challenge of imaging a distant black hole as “like standing in your backyard and trying to take a photo of a doughnut on the moon.” The validation reinforces confidence in the original 2019 observation.

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