Artificial intelligence just decoded a black hole’s hidden signals and it’s more bizarre than we imagined

Published on Jun 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM (UTC+4)
by Daisy Edwards

Last updated on Jun 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by Kate Bain

Artificial intelligence was just used to decode a black hole’s hidden signals and it’s more bizarre than we imagined.

Previously, data astronomers received using the Event Horizon Telescope was deemed too difficult to interpret and was discarded.

The new neural network that makes up the artificial intelligence has picked up the previously discarded data and run with it, giving us a wealth of new information about the secrets of some supermassive black holes.

The discoveries are finally giving us some enlightenment.

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What artificial intelligence has decoded about Black Holes

Before the invention and training of the Morgridge Research Institute in Wisconsin’s new Neural Network, astronomers and scientists have been relying on a telescope for answers on black holes and space itself.

The telescope is called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) and it has in the past been used to identify images of visualizations of radio waves come from supermassive black holes called Sagittarius A* and M87.

However, astronomers using the EHT had been struggling with a lot of the data output by the telescope, declaring the data too fuzzy and difficult to interpret, so they had to sadly discard a lot of information.

Now artificial intelligence has turned this on its head.

It is now able to make sense of the previously discarded data, giving us more insight into these supermassive black holes than ever before.

Decoding a black hole’s hidden signals

According to the press release from the Morgridge Research Institute, the neural network they’ve created has established a new size for the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, as well as the characteristics of the center.

Researchers now suspect that the black hole at the center of the Milky Way is ‘spinning at almost top speed’.

Previously, research suggested the Sagittarius A* was spinning at a moderate speed.

This discovery changes everything because researchers now believe the black hole could be far more unstable than previously believed.

The team will continue to work on improving and testing the artificial intelligence and hopefully it won’t be long before we know more about the secrets of the universe.

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Daisy Edwards is a Content Writer at supercarblondie.com. Daisy has more than five years’ experience as a qualified journalist, having graduated with a History and Journalism degree from Goldsmiths, University of London and a dissertation in vintage electric vehicles. Daisy specializes in writing about cars, EVs, tech and luxury lifestyle. When she's not writing, she's at a country music concert or working on one of her many unfinished craft projects.