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Events on Wednesday 10 April 2019 2
2019First black hole imageEvent Horizon Telescope captures M87The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration published the first ever image of a black hole on April 10, 2019 — the supermassive black hole at the centre of galaxy M87, 55 million light-years away.
2019First image of a black holeThe Event Horizon Telescope photographs M87A planet-sized array of radio telescopes produced a picture of the shadow cast by a black hole six and a half billion times the mass of the Sun. The ring matched the size and shape general relativity demanded. It was a direct image of a prediction Einstein himself found hard to believe in.