Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]
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#12502 Bad Gateway
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#13Here's the image via twitter:
https://twitter.com/ehtelescope/status/1115964692802019328
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#14"This is like viewing a mustard seed in Washington DC from Brussels"
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#15Here's the image via twitter: https://twitter.com/ehtelescope/status/1115964692802019328
Here's the image via a URL:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3yzi3dX4AEnoEp.png
> Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun
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#16502 Bad Gateway
even the black hole photo is sucking up it's own press conference! :-)
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#17There are people that can't believe the Earth is round... I can't imagine what "alternative explanation" will be made to explain a black hole...
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#18The telescope's announcement is up, too: https://eventhorizontelescope.org/
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#19Related video, made by Veritasium yesterday, is one of my favorite videos in a long time. He explained how the prediction of this image was made (before the image got released) and the video is great and fun to watch.