Astronomers likely to release first ever shots of black hole in Milky Way

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Astronomers likely to release first ever shots of black hole in Milky Way

Capturing direct images of a black hole is difficult as it swallow the light surrounding it.

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Published: Thu 4 Apr 2019, 3:47 PM

Last updated: Thu 4 Apr 2019, 6:23 PM

After hinting in January about successfully capturing an image in the Milky Way, researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are expected to release the first results from the Event Horizon Telescope on April 10. Researchers said that they will be the most 'iconic images of science'.
Capturing direct images of a black hole is difficult as it swallow the light surrounding it. Sera Markoff, a professor of theoretical astrophysics and astroparticle physics at the University of Amsterdam co-leads the EHT's Multiwavelength Working Group. "If the project succeeds in making an image of a black hole, it would be a really big deal for the fields of physics and astrophysics. Scientists have been working towards this goal for over 20 years," Markoff was quoted as saying in Daily Mail.
What are black holes?
They act as intense sources of gravity which hoover up dust and gas around them and their gravitational pull is so strong that no form of radiation can escape them - not even light. This intense gravitational pull is thought to be what stars in galaxies orbit around.


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