One Look Worth a Thousand Words

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So, said a famous Japanese Philosopher and he was right — nearly everyone likes to “read” pictures. The picture, which has only been available to the public eye for a few hours, was taken using a worldwide network of powerful telescopes back in 2017. The image of the black hole was taken in a galaxy known as M87, where, for 16 years, astronomers observed stars rotating in an orbit. Scientists observing the stars determined that they were rotating around a supermassive black hole, and it is that black hole the whole world is now getting a glimpse of.

how a virtual Earth-sized telescope was created?

Lets first try to understand what the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) really is.

EHT is an international collaboration aiming to capture the first image of a black hole by creating a virtual Earth-sized telescope. This short animated movie explains some of the nuts and bolts behind this ambitious endeavour.

how one picture would prove?

Many scientists believe that black holes make sense in the realm of theoretical physics, but couldn't really exist in real life. Capturing an image of a black hole would change all that.

From Birth to its Death

What are they and how it is born and how they die?

TOOK 200 international

scientists

After years of planning by over 200 international scientists, the data purported to show the first ever image of a black hole is ready. The team gathers for the big reveal - it's a seismic moment in astrophysics.

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