In 2017 scientists created an Earth-sized virtual telescope and used it to take a 'picture' of a black hole.
Scientists are about to reveal the first image of a black hole and its event horizon—the theoretical boundary that marks the"point of no return." The “groundbreaking result” from the Event Horizon Telescope project will be announced on Wednesday, April 10 at 9 a.m. ET.
Viewers can watch the event by visiting the NSF web page on black holes here, or by watching the livestream below: Alternatively, a press conference is being held by the European Commission, European Research Council, and the EHT project will also be livestreamed on the European Southern Observatory website here. Viewers can ask questions by using the hashtag #AskEHTeu.
The EHT is the first major project to produce an image of a black hole and its event horizon. Scientists linked up telescopes around the world to create one, Earth-sized virtual telescope. With this, they spent 10 days observing Sagittarius A*, the black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way.
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