The research team behind the Event Horizon Telescope project released their first images of a black hole at the center of galaxy Messier 87 (M87). The giant black hole is 55 million light years from Earth with a mass about 6.5 billion times that of our sun. We’ll explain the news and take your questions.
First Photos of a Black Hole Captured by Event Horizon Telescope Project
The research team behind the Event Horizon Telescope project released their first images of a black hole at the center of galaxy Messier 87 (M87). The giant black hole is 55 million light years from Earth and is about 6.5 billion times larger than our sun. We'll explain the news and take your questions.
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In this handout photo provided by the National Science Foundation, the Event Horizon Telescope captures a black hole at the center of galaxy M87, outlined by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of strong gravity near its event horizon. A network of eight radio observatories on six mountains and four continents, the EHT observed a black hole in Messier 87, a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo, on and off for 10 days in April of 2017 to make the image. (Photo: National Science Foundation via Getty Images)
Guests:
Sera Marhoff, astrophysicist, University of Amsterdam; researcher, Event Horizon Telescope Project
Priyamvada Natarajan, professor of astronomy and physics, Yale University; author, "Mapping the Heavens"