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Scientists Just Took the First Ever Image of a Black Hole. To Cut a Long Story Short: Einstein Was Right

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Black holes are long-time superstars of science fiction. But their Hollywood fame is a little strange given that no-one has ever actually seen one—at least, until now. If you needed to see to believe, then thank the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which has just produced the first ever direct image of a black hole. This amazing feat required global collaboration to turn the Earth into one giant telescope and image an object thousands of trillions of kilometres away.
As stunning and ground-breaking as it is, the EHT project is not just about taking on a challenge. It’s an unprecedented test of whether Einstein’s ideas about the very nature of space and time hold up in extreme circumstances, and looks closer than ever before at the role of black holes in the universe.

Scientists Just Took the First Ever Image of a Black Hole. To Cut a Long Story Short: Einstein Was Right

Apr 11, 2019, 4:27pm UTC

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http://www.newsweek.com/first-black-hole-image-einstein-right-1393284 > Black holes are long-time superstars of science fiction. But their Hollywood fame is a little strange given that no-one has ever actually seen one—at least, until now. If you needed to see to believe, then thank the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which has just produced the first ever direct image of a black hole. This amazing feat required global collaboration to turn the Earth into one giant telescope and image an object thousands of trillions of kilometres away. > As stunning and ground-breaking as it is, the EHT project is not just about taking on a challenge. It’s an unprecedented test of whether Einstein’s ideas about the very nature of space and time hold up in extreme circumstances, and looks closer than ever before at the role of black holes in the universe.