Mohsen Fathi

Simulating black hole images against different dark matter profiles revealed a frightening flexibility: a cored-NFW-type flattened halo noticeably inflates the bright ring, shifts its center, and amplifies asymmetry — almost exactly replicating real Event Horizon Telescope data. The Einasto profile,

Astrophysicists have shown: dark matter around a black hole barely distorts images of distant galaxies, but it alters the delay between the distorted images. For giant holes like M87*, the difference in light arrival time can be measured—a path to solving the dark matter puzzle.