Humanity gets its first glimpse of a black hole

Humanity gets its first glimpse of a black hole

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/10/black_hole_messier_87/

Boffins have battled cries of "but it looks like an onion ring" to show off the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow.

The shadow bit is important, since imaging a black hole directly is somewhat tricky: everything gets pulled into the thing, even light.

Humanity gets its first glimpse of a black hole

Apr 10, 2019, 3:40pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/10/black_hole_messier_87/ > Boffins have battled cries of "but it looks like an onion ring" to show off the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow. > The shadow bit is important, since imaging a black hole directly is somewhat tricky: everything gets pulled into the thing, even light.