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The image is a long-anticipated look at the massive object that sits at the very center of our galaxy.

The first images of the supermassive black hole at the heart of Sgr A reveal that this black hole is very different from the one at the heart of M87.

At simultaneous press conferences around the world, including at a National Science Foundation-sponsored press conference at the US National Press Club in Washi

Share In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story to be told. McGill University astronomers were part of this global effort. Data from 19 observatories are now being released that promise to give unparalleled insight into this black hole and the system it powers, and to improve tests of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. “We...

Center for Astrophysics EHT Collaboration Cambridge, MA – In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story to be told. Data from 19 observatories released today promise to give unparalleled insight into this black hole and the system it powers, and to improve tests of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. “We knew that the first direc...