event horizon telescope

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration observed the supermassive black hole at the center of M87, finding the dark central shadow in accordance with General Relativity, further demonstrating the power of this 100 year-old theory. To…

We have just seen the first image of a black hole, the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 with a mass 6.5 billion times that of our sun. But what is that image really showing us? This is an awesome paper on the topic by J.P.…

Wondering where the Event Horizon Telescope is at with the world's first photo of a black hole? So are we. We headed back to MIT Haystack Observatory to find out. Read More: Event Horizon Telescope MIT Haystack Observatory…

Astronomers revealed the first image ever taken of the event horizon of a supermassive black hole, captured by an array of eight ground-based radio telescopes located around the world. Bob McDonald, host of CBC's Quirks & Quarks,…

What it took to collect these 54-million-year-old photons from a supermassive black hole. Become a Video Lab member! This is an updated version of a video we published in 2016 about the Event Horizon Telescope, an international…

Every image of a black hole you've seen was just an illustration. Until now. Black hole, revealed: First image from across the universe The Event Horizon Telescope captures one of the most powerful objects in existence. And basically,…