NASA Just Funded This Insane Study to Resolve The Largest Known Black Hole [NIAC 2026]

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The 2026 NIAC Awards are out! This is OBLIVION. A project that's aims to utilize an innovative interferometry technique to resolve TON-618, the largest known black hole in the Universe. This will require insane precision, formation flying and lasers.

📜 OBLIVION: Observing Black hole LIght Via Intensity cOrrelatioN
https://www.nasa.gov/general/oblivion-observing-black-hole-light-via-intensity-correlation/

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00:00 Intro
01:45 NIAC Season 2026
02:54 OBLIVION
11:06 How can it possibly work
16:18 Possible targets for observation
20:01 Alternative applications
26:23 Orbital Velocity LLC
36:28 Current obsessions
43:51 Final thoughts


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