Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole
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 direct image of a black hole would be groundbreaking,” says Kazuhiro Hada of the National Astronomical ...
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