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New imaging technique could change how we look at certain objects in space

27 Nov 2024 Isabelle Dumé
Two images of jets of charged particles emerging at high speeds from a supermassive black hole. In one image, the jets are seen pointing towards the observer, and look like two dots. In the second image, the jets are seen as if they were side-on, and look like messy waves.
From a different angle: Images of jets of charged particles emerging at high speeds from a supermassive black hole show how they appear from different angles as we rotate our view from front-to-side and back. (Courtesy: Lawrence Rudnick/MeerKAT Radio Telescope)
A new imaging technique that takes standard two-dimensional (2D) radio images and reconstructs them

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