Scientists Just Unveiled The First Ever Image Captured Of A Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope, an international array of observatories teaming up to form a virtual, Earth-sized telescope in the hopes of capturing the first real image of a black hole, held six simultaneous press conferences across the globe today — and what those conferences announced did not disappoint. It’s actually 100 billion kilometers across, and what we’re looking at — that dark spot surrounded by the orange-red ring — is the “shadow” created by the black hole’s event horizon, the point where gravity is so intense that light cannot escape. We’ve observed one, we can study it and, hopefully not long from now, we’ll know even more about black holes than we’ve been able to piece together without having seen one.
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