First-ever image released of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, providing the first direct visual evidence of “the gentle giant” that lies at the center of our galaxy.
The first image of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole was revealed Thursday, providing the first direct visual evidence of"the gentle giant" that lies at the center of our galaxy.
Sagittarius A* is completely dark, but the photo captured a glowing ring around a cloaked center — what astronomers identified as the black hole's telltale shadow, said Feryal Özel, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Arizona and a member of the research team. The image was produced using eight radio telescopes around the world that operated as one giant observatory. The technique involved linking"pairs of telescopes that are very far apart into the equivalent of a planet-sized telescope," said Vincent Fish, a research scientist at the MIT Haystack Observatory in Massachusetts.
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