Astronomers unveil the first image of a black hole
Astronomers on Wednesday unveiled the first photo of a black hole, one of the star-devouring monsters scattered across the Universe and obscured by impenetrable shields of gravity.
An image provided by the European Southern Observatory on April 10, 2019 shows the first picture of a black hole and its fiery halo, released by Event Horizon Telescope astronomers (EHT). EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY/AFP/-
The image of a dark core with a flame-orange halo of gas and plasma shows a supermassive black hole 50 million lightyears away in a galaxy known as M87, they announced during simultaneous press conferences in Brussels, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington, Santiago and Taipei.
Data needed to construct the picture was gathered in April 2017 by the Event Horizon Telescope, a joined-up network of eight radio telescopes spread across the globe.
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