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A team of Australian researchers from CSIRO has independently validated the 2019 image of the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy M87 using a new machine learning algorithm. The team's method, which involved training an AI model on images of cats and dogs, confirmed the ring-like structure of the black hole, aligning with Einstein's theory of general relativity. This validation addresses previous concerns about potential biases in the original image processing methods. The findings were published in the journal Nature, providing strong independent confirmation of the EHT Collaboration's historic image.
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