Polarizing filter allows astronomers to see disks surrounding black holes
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 13:28
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what astronomers have long predicted they would be. Their work will be published in the July 24 issue of the science journal Nature.