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Zoom past the monstrous M87 jet into the region of the central black hole M87*, where magnetic fields twist around the black hole’s shadow. The final polarized image reflects the orientation of the light rays that escape the gravitational pull of the supermassive black hole. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is an international collaboration that captured the first image of a black hole by creating a virtual Earth-sized telescope. To learn more, you can check out our website at https://eventhorizontelescope.org/. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ehtelescope Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ehtelescope/ Or follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ehtelescope/ If you enjoyed this video, please like, comment, and subscribe! Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2, ESA/Hubble, RadioAstron, De Gasperin et al., Kim et al., EHT Collaboration. Music: Niklas Falcke.