The first ever image of a supermassive black hole. Photo: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
In one of the most momentous breakthroughs in astronomy history, scientists revealed that they have captured the first ever image of a black hole.
The image, which resembles a fiery ring of swirling gases, was captured using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration designed to capture images of a black hole.
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