First-Ever Black Hole Image Sharpened Using Machine Learning from primo me Watch Video

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✓ Published: 30-Mar-2024

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The historic first image of the Messier 87 (M87) supermassive black hole, captured using the Event Horizon Telescope, has been sharped using a machine learning technique called PRIMO. <br/><br/>PRIMO is short for principal-component interferometric modeling. <br/><br/>Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: L. Medeiros (Institute for Advanced Study), D. Psaltis (Georgia Tech), T. Lauer (NSF’s NOIRLab), and F. Ozel (Georgia Tech) | edited by Steve Spaleta