Black hole image: Scientists reveal first ever photo from Event Horizon telescope – as it happened
5 years, 9 months ago

Black hole image: Scientists reveal first ever photo from Event Horizon telescope – as it happened

The Independent  

✕ Close Scientists unveil first ever picture of black hole Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An international scientific team on Wednesday announced a milestone in astrophysics - the first-ever photo of a black hole - using a global network of telescopes to gain insight into celestial objects with gravitational fields so strong no matter or light can escape. The research was conducted by the Event Horizon Telescope project, an international collaboration begun in 2012 to try to directly observe the immediate environment of a black hole using a global network of Earth-based telescopes. A black hole's event horizon is the point of no return beyond which anything - stars, planets, gas, dust and all forms of electromagnetic radiation - gets swallowed into oblivion.

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Monstrous black hole swallows huge part of galaxy and then falls asleep
4 weeks ago

Monstrous black hole swallows huge part of galaxy and then falls asleep

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A massive black hole appears to have eaten so much that it fell …

There could be planets around the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, scientists say
4 weeks ago

There could be planets around the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There could be planets around the supermassive black hole at the heart of …

Monstrous black hole swallows huge part of galaxy and then falls asleep
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Monstrous black hole swallows huge part of galaxy and then falls asleep

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A massive black hole appears to have eaten so much that it fell …

There could be planets around the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, scientists say
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4 weeks, 2 days ago

There could be planets around the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There could be planets around the supermassive black hole at the heart of …

Webb captures Sombrero galaxy that hides black hole the size of 9 billion suns
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Webb captures Sombrero galaxy that hides black hole the size of 9 billion suns

India Today  

Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the Sombrero galaxy, revealing unexpected details and challenging previous observations. The mid-infrared view, taken by Webb's MIRI, transforms the galaxy's appearance from its familiar hat-like shape to something resembling an archery target. In this new perspective, the Sombrero galaxy's typically bright core appears dim, unveiling a smooth inner …

Famous picture of black hole in our galaxy might not be accurate, research says
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Famous picture of black hole in our galaxy might not be accurate, research says

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The famous first picture of the supermassive black hole at the heart of …

Black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death, astronomers reveal
4 months ago

Black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death, astronomers reveal

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole “starving” its host galaxy to death, …

Astronomers witness ‘sudden awakening’ of massive black hole in far-away galaxy
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Astronomers witness ‘sudden awakening’ of massive black hole in far-away galaxy

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We were able to observe the awakening of the massive black hole, which suddenly started to feast …

Nasa supercomputer reveals what it looks like to fall into a black hole in mind-bending video
8 months, 1 week ago

Nasa supercomputer reveals what it looks like to fall into a black hole in mind-bending video

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Scientists at Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland produced the simulation to see how the universe …

The enormous stellar black hole hiding in Earth's backyard: Scientists discover a huge void in the Milky Way that's 33 times as massive as the Sun
9 months ago

The enormous stellar black hole hiding in Earth's backyard: Scientists discover a huge void in the Milky Way that's 33 times as massive as the Sun

Daily Mail  

With their ability to gobble up entire planets, black holes must be the most feared objects in the universe. Dr Panuzzo and colleagues say Gaia BH3 is a 'stellar black hole', so it's on the lowest classification when it comes to measuring the mass of black holes. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia …

Mapping the universe: Scientists create the largest EVER chart of active supermassive black holes - featuring over one million voids
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mapping the universe: Scientists create the largest EVER chart of active supermassive black holes - featuring over one million voids

Daily Mail  

They're probably the most feared objects in the universe – huge concentrations of tightly-packed matter that can gobble up entire planets. The new map specifically shows 'quasars' – supermassive black holes that are actively feeding on material and emit electromagnetic radiation, becoming incredibly bright and luminous. An infographic explaining the creation of a new map of around 1.3 million quasars …

Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected: Terrifying void gobbles up one Sun every single day, scientists say
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected: Terrifying void gobbles up one Sun every single day, scientists say

Daily Mail  

Astronomers have found the brightest object in the universe – a 'hellish' black hole that consumes a star a day. Described as 'the most hellish place in the universe', the black hole is 12 billion light years away and has a mass roughly 17 billion times that of our solar system's sun. This black hole – fastest-growing black hole ever …

Scientists find what might be the brightest object in existence
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists find what might be the brightest object in existence

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The black hole powering this distant quasar is more than 17 billion times more immense than our …

Earth-wide telescope confirms black hole shadow is ‘real’
11 months, 1 week ago

Earth-wide telescope confirms black hole shadow is ‘real’

The Hindu  

Scientists have unveiled new details of a colossal black hole 53 million lightyears away first photographed by the earth-wide Event Horizon Telescope in 2017. “The primary finding is the confirmation of the black hole ‘shadow’,” Venkatessh Ramakrishnan, a postdoctoral researcher at the Finnish Centre for Astronomy with the European Southern Observatory, wrote in an email to The Hindu. They also …

Ferocious black holes reveal 'time dilation' in early universe
1 year, 6 months ago

Ferocious black holes reveal 'time dilation' in early universe

The Hindu  

Time is a slippery thing, as profound thinkers like physicist Albert Einstein and, well, fictional time traveller Doctor Who plainly understood. Scientists made that point anew on Monday in a study that used observations of a ferocious class of black holes called quasars to demonstrate "time dilation" in the early universe, showing how time then passed only about a fifth …

Our galaxy's black hole not as sleepy as thought: astronomers
1 year, 6 months ago

Our galaxy's black hole not as sleepy as thought: astronomers

The Hindu  

The supermassive black hole lurking at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy is not as dormant as had been thought, a new study shows. The supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* -- abbreviated to Sgr A* -- is four million times more massive than the Sun. Sgr A* has "always been seen as a dormant black hole," said Frederic Marin, …

‘Runaway supermassive black hole’ mystery solved: Scientists find new explanation for object speeding through the universe
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Runaway supermassive black hole’ mystery solved: Scientists find new explanation for object speeding through the universe

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists think they have found an explanation for what scientists thought was a …

New image reveals violent events near a supermassive black hole
1 year, 8 months ago

New image reveals violent events near a supermassive black hole

The Hindu  

Expanding upon the historic first images of black holes, scientists on Wednesday unveiled the first picture showing the violent events unfolding around one of these ravenous cosmic behemoths, including the launching point of a colossal jet of high-energy particles shooting outward into space. The supermassive black hole pictured resides at the center of a relatively nearby galaxy called Messier 87, …

Scientists release improved new image of first black hole ever seen
1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists release improved new image of first black hole ever seen

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That data was used to create an image of the black hole, which appeared as a “fuzzy, …

First image of a black hole gets a makeover with AI
1 year, 9 months ago

First image of a black hole gets a makeover with AI

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first image of a …

NASA's Hubble captures massive black hole creating trail of new stars
1 year, 9 months ago

NASA's Hubble captures massive black hole creating trail of new stars

Hindustan Times  

A huge black hole is tearing through space, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long trail of newborn stars, space scientists say. "We think we're seeing a wake behind the black hole where the gas cools and is able to form stars," said Pieter van Dokkum of Yale University. "Gas in front of it gets shocked because of this supersonic, very high-velocity impact …

Rapidly growing black hole found, could provide clues on how massive galaxies first evolved
1 year, 10 months ago

Rapidly growing black hole found, could provide clues on how massive galaxies first evolved

The Hindu  

Astronomers have discovered a rapidly growing black hole in one of the most extreme galaxies known in the very early Universe, according to a new study. Using observations taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, a radio observatory sited in Chile, the team have determined that the galaxy, named COS-87259, containing this new supermassive black hole is very extreme, forming …

Rapidly growing black hole found, could provide clues on how massive galaxies first evolved: Study
1 year, 10 months ago

Rapidly growing black hole found, could provide clues on how massive galaxies first evolved: Study

India Today  

Astronomers have discovered a rapidly growing black hole in one of the most extreme galaxies known in the very early Universe, according to a new study. Using observations taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, a radio observatory sited in Chile, the team have determined that the galaxy, named COS-87259, containing this new supermassive black hole is very extreme, forming …

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn
1 year, 10 months ago

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn

The Hindu  

Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track that produced these “monsters.” While the new James Webb Space Telescope has spotted even older galaxies, dating to within a mere 300 million years of the beginning of the universe, …

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn
1 year, 10 months ago

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track that produced these “monsters.” While the new James Webb Space Telescope has spotted even older galaxies, dating to within a mere 300 million years of the …

Space telescope spots massive galaxies near cosmic dawn and blows astronomers’ minds
1 year, 10 months ago

Space telescope spots massive galaxies near cosmic dawn and blows astronomers’ minds

LA Times  

This image from NASA and the European Space Agency shows images of six candidate massive galaxies, seen 500 to 800 million years after the big bang. Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the big bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track that produced these “monsters.” …

First ’dormant’ stellar black hole discovered
2 years, 5 months ago

First ’dormant’ stellar black hole discovered

Live Mint  

A team of astrophysicists known for debunking previous supposed black holes announced a discovery of their own on Monday: the first "dormant" stellar-mass black hole spotted orbiting a star in a nearby galaxy. So they went about meticulously eliminating all the other possibilities, Shenar said, until they were satisfied that "it's either a fat, invisible alien -- or a black …

Scientists to record first video of black hole, already tried making a movie
2 years, 7 months ago

Scientists to record first video of black hole, already tried making a movie

India Today  

The Event Horizon Telescope, a global network of telescopes that comes together every few years to reveal the darkest corner of our universe is setting its eyes on a new mission. While taking snapshots of the black hole is difficult thanks to the massive distance, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is 27,000 …

Watch | What a black hole looks like
2 years, 8 months ago

Watch | What a black hole looks like

The Hindu  

Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope facility, a collaboration of over 300 researchers, revealed the first image of the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. The black hole, called Sagittarius A*, is four million times the mass of our Sun and is 27,000 light years from us. Astronomers have called this “the first direct image of …

The Milky Way’s dark centre - The Hindu
2 years, 8 months ago

The Milky Way’s dark centre - The Hindu

The Hindu  

In 2020, Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel were given the Nobel prize for showing that there existed, at the centre of the Milky Way, an extremely heavy, invisible object that pulls masses towards it and causes them to speed up enormously. Using this technique, the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration had, in 2019, imaged a region called M87*, the black hole …

How do you photograph a black hole at centre of our galaxy? You make an Earth-sized telescope
2 years, 8 months ago

How do you photograph a black hole at centre of our galaxy? You make an Earth-sized telescope

India Today  

It was in 2019 that the Event Horizon Telescope showed the world what a dark void over 100 times the mass of the Sun looks like. HOW DOES THE EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE SEE BLACK HOLES? A GLOBAL COLLABORATION The blurred yet revealing image of the black hole at the centre of our own galaxy was made possible by a massive …

Astronomers capture the first-ever image of our own galaxy's supermassive black hole
2 years, 8 months ago

Astronomers capture the first-ever image of our own galaxy's supermassive black hole

Salon  

As one might imagine of a massive, collapsed star within which the laws of physics seemingly break down, black holes occupy a special place in human culture — spurring all kinds of creative science fiction, creative real physics theories, and creative metaphors. RELATED: Astronomers see a big boom when a black hole's magnetic field suddenly flips over "Although we cannot …

Astronomers reveal first image of black hole at the heart of Milky Way galaxy
2 years, 8 months ago

Astronomers reveal first image of black hole at the heart of Milky Way galaxy

The Hindu  

Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope facility, a collaboration of over 300 researchers, revealed the first image of the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way in press conferences held around the world. In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope made history by releasing the first ever image of a black hole M87* – the black hole at the …

First image of supermassive black hole at centre of Milky Way galaxy revealed
2 years, 8 months ago

First image of supermassive black hole at centre of Milky Way galaxy revealed

India TV News  

Highlights Global team of radio astronomers reveals first image of supermassive black hole The supermassive black hole has been found at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy The results are being published in a special issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters A global team of radio astronomers have on Thursday unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole …

Huge bubbles surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy were formed by the black hole at its heart, study says
2 years, 10 months ago

Huge bubbles surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy were formed by the black hole at its heart, study says

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The black hole at the heart of our galaxy has surrounded it in …

Astronomers spot ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time using Hubble Space Telescope – Firstpost
2 years, 11 months ago

Astronomers spot ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time using Hubble Space Telescope – Firstpost

Firstpost  

While it may seem that black holes are by definition invisible, they can still be detected through the way they interact with other objects owing to their strong gravity Astronomers famously snapped the first ever direct image of a black hole in 2019, thanks to material glowing in its presence. In “ X-ray binary stars ” — in which a …

Nasa finds black hole giving birth to stars
2 years, 11 months ago

Nasa finds black hole giving birth to stars

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope spotted one such black hole in the galaxy known as Henize 2-10, which …

Scientists get never-before-seen look at supermassive black hole in our galaxy – and find unknown star nearby
3 years, 1 month ago

Scientists get never-before-seen look at supermassive black hole in our galaxy – and find unknown star nearby

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have taken an unprecedented look at the supermassive black hole in our …

Supermassive black hole in the Milky Way has a ‘leak’, Nasa says
3 years, 1 month ago

Supermassive black hole in the Milky Way has a ‘leak’, Nasa says

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has a ‘leak’, …

Was it really a black hole that the EHT imaged in 2019?
3 years, 2 months ago

Was it really a black hole that the EHT imaged in 2019?

The Hindu  

In 2019, astronomers of the Event Horizon Telescope captured the first ever image of a supermassive black hole which was located at the centre of a galaxy Messier 87. The authors say it is not necessarily a black hole but could even be a “naked singularity with a gravitomagnetic monopole.” When stars much more massive than the Sun reach the …

Black hole found hiding outside the Milky Way – and it could be the first of many more
3 years, 2 months ago

Black hole found hiding outside the Milky Way – and it could be the first of many more

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A black hole has been found hiding just outside our galaxy – and …

Astronomers get unprecedented look at nearby galaxy – and see ‘monstrous’ jet launched by supermassive black hole
3 years, 5 months ago

Astronomers get unprecedented look at nearby galaxy – and see ‘monstrous’ jet launched by supermassive black hole

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astronomers have captured an unprecedented look at nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A, seeing …

Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope captures far-off galaxy with a ‘fascinating secret hiding in plain sight’
3 years, 6 months ago

Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope captures far-off galaxy with a ‘fascinating secret hiding in plain sight’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a spiral galaxy that …

Stunning new image of the first black hole EVER photographed
3 years, 9 months ago

Stunning new image of the first black hole EVER photographed

Daily Mail  

The supermassive black hole at the heart of galaxy M87 has been photographed in polarised light, revealing the magnetic field and its interactions at the edge of this massive stellar phenomenon for the first time. Using the Event Horizon Telescope, an international team of astronomers measured the polarisation - a signature of magnetic fields - close to the edge of …

Astronomers Discover Strange Phenomena of Dust Shadow Captured in Hubble Image of This Galaxy
4 years, 1 month ago

Astronomers Discover Strange Phenomena of Dust Shadow Captured in Hubble Image of This Galaxy

News 18  

Images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope have presented the scientists with an entirely new phenomenon. Last week, NASA’s Hubble Telescope posted an intriguing picture from a galaxy IC 5063 situated 156 million light-years away from Earth. Even though the supermassive black hole gives off no light on its own, the intense forces involved in the massive accretion process generate …

‘Missing link’ black hole discovered by Hubble
4 years, 9 months ago

‘Missing link’ black hole discovered by Hubble

CNN  

CNN — Astronomers have long studied supermassive black holes and smaller black holes that form when massive stars implode, but they have searched for intermediate-mass black holes for years. Now, thanks to observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found their “missing link” to understand how black holes evolve. The nature of these mid-range black holes makes them harder …

Massive black holes found in some of the smallest galaxies
5 years ago

Massive black holes found in some of the smallest galaxies

India Today  

Astronomers have discovered some of the smallest galaxies known to host massive black holes; findings which may reveal how such regions of space exhibiting ultrahigh gravitational force -- that even light cannot escape from -- formed in the early universe. The study, published in the Astrophysical Journal, found 13 massive black holes, about 4,00,000 times as heavy as the Sun, …

This ultra-massive black hole just broke a record
5 years, 1 month ago

This ultra-massive black hole just broke a record

CNN  

CNN — Much like stars and planets, black holes also fall into different categories. Astronomers have now spotted a record-breaking heavyweight black hole at the center of a galaxy known as Holm 15A. “But we already had some idea of the size of the black holein this particular galaxy, so we tried it.” The data revealed that the center was …

Monster black hole 70 times bigger than Sun spotted in our galaxy's backyard
5 years, 1 month ago

Monster black hole 70 times bigger than Sun spotted in our galaxy's backyard

India Today  

A team led by Chinese researchers has spotted a monster black hole with a mass 70 times greater than Sun - toppling the earlier assumption that the mass of an individual black hole in our Galaxy is no more than 20 times that of Sun. Our Milky Way Galaxy is estimated to contain 100 million stellar black holes - cosmic …

Black hole rips apart a star, scientists managed to snag a look at the violent event
5 years, 3 months ago

Black hole rips apart a star, scientists managed to snag a look at the violent event

Firstpost  

Scientists have captured a view of a colossal black hole violently ripping apart a doomed star, illustrating an extraordinary and chaotic cosmic event from beginning to end for the first time using NASA’s planet-hunting telescope. The U.S. space agency’s orbiting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, better known as TESS, revealed the detailed timeline of a star 375 million light-years away warping …

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