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Independent interferometric observable confirms black hole shadow in M87*


An imaging algorithm using closure-invariant formalism and diffusion-based reconstruction applied to supermassive black hole very long baseline radio interferometry datasets enables independent recovery of the ring-like shadow and mass that is free from the usual calibration and imaging assumptions.

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