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# First Detection of Light from Behind a Black Hole
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/first-detection-of-light-from-behind-a-black-hole-wll72t/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:12:18.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T13:46:31.000Z
- Description: Our cleverest astronomers have figured out ways to catch light that skims black holes.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 7, Episode 28, #ZZZ_Episode_07c3825d-99d2-4522-8f6e-70a3f3a017a4, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

How do you see the unseeable - how do you explore the inescapable? Our cleverest astronomers have figured out ways to catch light that skims the very edge of black holes. Let’s find out what they learned.