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First Image of a Black Hole!

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…

First black hole photo explained

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,…