ASTRONOMERS MAY FINALLY HAVE THE FIRST PICTURE OF A BLACK HOLE
13 May, 2017
Using a massive telescope network, scientists have data in hand that could open new frontiers in our understanding of gravity.
Westford, MassachusettsFor the monster at the Milky Way’s heart, it’s a wrap.
After completing five nights of observations, today astronomers may finally have captured the first-ever image of the famous gravitational sinkhole known as a black hole.
More precisely, the hoped-for portrait is of a mysterious region that surrounds the black hole. Called the event horizon, this is the boundary beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape the object’s gargantuan grasp.
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