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Astrophysicist Erin Kara explores black holes by mapping echos of X-ray light given off by their accretion disks. To better understand what happens at the event horizon, she turned light echoes into simulated sound in order to 'hear' how they work at the most fundamental levels. ---------- Read the full article: https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-see-black-holes-in-detail-she-uses-echoes-like-a-bat-20240212 ---------- Black hole footage courtesy of NASA and European Southern Observatory. - VISIT our website: https://www.quantamagazine.org - LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QuantaNews - FOLLOW us Twitter: https://twitter.com/QuantaMagazine @QuantaScienceChannel #space #blackholes #science