We got it! Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy

We got it! Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy

Washington, D.C.  –  During a press conference hosted by the U.S. National Science Foundation with the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration in Washington, D.C. today, astronomers unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. This result provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole and yields valuable clues about the workings of such giants, which are thought to reside at the center ...

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Published May 12, 2022 at 03:55PM
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