Thursday, May 12, 2022

Meet Sagitarius A*

 

Sagittarius A*
This is the first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Credit: EHT Collaboration

"It’s the first direct visual evidence of the presence of this black hole. It was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an array that linked together eight existing radio observatories across the planet to form a single “Earth-sized” virtual telescope. The telescope is named after the event horizon, the boundary of the black hole beyond which no light can escape." - Read about it here.


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