The first black hole portrait got sharper thanks to machine learning
The technique could help scientists get a better handle on the behemoth’s mass
![Two photos of the same black hole in M87 side by side. The image on the left is the original and appears to be a fuzzy black center with a ring of orange around it. The image on the right is similar but clearly a dark circle in the middle with an orange ring around it.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/041123_EC_M87-update_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Scientists used machine learning to create a sharper image of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 (right), compared with the original image (left).
L. Medeiros et al 2023