This composite simulated image shows how M87* is seen by the Event Horizon Telescope at 86 GHz (red), 230 GHz (green), and 345 GHz (blue), achieving the highest-resolution black hole detection yet obtained from the surface of the Earth. Credit: EHT, D. Pesce, A. Chael

“To understand why this is a breakthrough, consider the burst of extra detail you get when going from black and white photos to color,” said paper co-lead Sheperd “Shep” Doeleman, an astrophysicist at the CfA and SAO, and Founding Director of the EHT. “This new ‘color vision’ allows us to tease apart the effects of Einstein’s gravity from the hot gas and magnetic fields that feed the black holes and launch powerful jets that stream over galactic distances.”

[https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/event-horizon-telescope-makes-highest-resolution-black-hole-detections-earth](https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/event-horizon-telescope-makes-highest-resolution-black-hole-detections-earth)

I can’t wait for whatever technological advancements in the future will show black hole photos as we see photos from Andromeda today.

This article has more information on the EHT and this discovery

[https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/eht-makes-highest-resolution-black-hole-detections-earth](https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/eht-makes-highest-resolution-black-hole-detections-earth)