World's first image of 'Black Hole' to be revealed

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Black hole BREAKTHROUGH: Event Horizon Telescope to reveal ‘FIRST RESULT’

https://www.express.co.uk/news/scie...ent-horizon-telescope-first-result-space-news

BLACK holes are about to be seen by humans for the first time thanks to the Event Horizon Telescope, astronomers have suggested.

Black holes have fascinated humanity since they were first proposed more than 200 years ago. The strange space entities are unimaginably-dense objects with gravitational pulls so intense that nothing – even light – can escape their grasp. While scientists know they exist, astronomers have never actually photographed one – until now.

Now astronomers are teasing a major new announcement about to take place in simultaneous meets around the world, concerning a "groundbreaking" new black hole discovery.

We’ll almost certainly be seeing something no human has ever seen before
- European Southern Observatory

Excitement is growing about the series of press conferences, as they could well announce a photograph – breaking new ground in our understanding of the universe.

The imminent announcement relates to the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced, which has made its "first result".

That EHT has been capturing data since 2006 in an audacious attempt to image the edge of a black hole, the first time one would ever have been witnessed by humans.

Black hole photo: Scientists have reportedly made a "groundbreaking" new black hole discovery (Image: Getty)

Black hole photo: The imminent announcement relates to the Event Horizon Telescope (Image: Getty)

Scientists have targeted Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole that lurks in the middle of our galaxy.

The first pictures were in fact expected to be produced in two years ago but was delayed due to technical difficulties.

Black holes are, by their very nature, impossible to see, since they eat up all light, making it impossible for any to reach us on Earth.

So while we can understand black holes by proxy, because of the way they affect the space that surrounds them, they cannot be directly seen.

 

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You can watch the press conference here: (scheduled for 10th April)

Breakthrough discovery in astronomy: press conference

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First-ever photo of a black hole to be unveiled next week

Next Wednesday, at several press briefings around the world, scientists will apparently unveil humanity's first-ever photo of a black hole, the European Space Agency said in a statement. Specifically, the photo will be of "Sagittarius A," the supermassive black hole that's at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. But aren't black holes, well, black, and thus invisible, so none of our telescopes can "see" them? Yes – therefore the image we're likely to see will be of the "event horizon," the edge of the black hole where light can't escape.