Watch | First ever image of a black hole revealedAstronomers on Wednesday unveiled the first photo of a black hole, one of the star-devouring monsters scattered throughout the Universe and obscured by impenetrable shields of gravity. The image of a dark core encircled by a flame-orange halo of white-hot gas and plasma looks like any number of artists' renderings over the last 30 years.NSF's media advisory described the results of the project as "groundbreaking." NSF director France Córdova delivered the remarks at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.Other EHT team members too spoke at the presser.Project director Sheperd Doeleman, of Harvard University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics;Daniel Marrone of the University of Arizona;Avery Broderick of the University of Waterloo and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; Sera Markoff of the University of Amsterdam.The new results are based on EHT's first observing run, which took place over the course of one week in April 2017.
Scientists to release landmark image of black hole
An international scientific team is expected on Wednesday to unveil a landmark achievement in astrophysics - the first photo of a black hole - in a feat that will put to the test a pillar of science: Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Read more
What to expect and how to comprehend the first ever photo of a black hole
IN PHOTOS: How have we imagined black holes till now?
As the world collectively holds its breath in anticipation of the first everphotograph of a black hole, to be released later today by thescientists working in the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), DH shows you a collection of simulations and generated pictures used by scientists and artists to imagine and picture what black holes could possibly look like. Read more
What is a black hole?
In 2017, Astronomers found a black hole gnawing on the remains of a star for over ten years
NASA's Supercomputer Simulation Reveals Supermassive Black Holes
Short movie about the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project and the work behind the scenes
All FAQs about EHT project to photograph black holes can be found here
This animated movie explains some of the nuts and bolts behind the Event Horizon Telescope endeavour.
Tracking the image of a Black Hole
Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87
Astronomers deliver first photo of black hole
Astronomers on Wednesday unveiled the first photo of a black hole, one of the star-devouring monsters scattered throughout the Universe and obscured by impenetrable shields of gravity.
