Astronomers capture first image of a black hole

Using the Event Horizon Telescope, a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration, scientists obtained an image of a black hole at the center of galaxy M87, outlined by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of strong ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - April 11, 2019 Category: Science Source Type: video