Photo released on April 10, 2019 shows the first image of the black hole. Global teamwork helps capture the first image of a black hole On April 10, the Event Horizon Telescope, a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration, captured the first image of a black hole. The image shows a donut-like structure with a dark central region and a bright ring, which is the black hole's shadow against a disc of glowing gas that falls onto the black hole. Humans finally "saw" black holes that were once considered invisible. More than 200 scientists participated in this program, including Chinese scientists. This is the first direct visual evidence of black holes obtained by humans, confirming that Einstein's theory of general relativity still holds in extreme conditions. This helped explore forefront issues like galactic evolution and others. (Event Horizon Telescope/Handout via Xinhua)
Global teamwork helps capture the first image of a black hole
On April 10, the Event Horizon Telescope, a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration, captured the first image of a black hole.
The image shows a donut-like structure with a dark central region and a bright ring, which is the black hole's shadow against a disc of glowing gas that falls onto the black hole. Humans finally "saw" black holes that were once considered invisible.
More than 200 scientists participated in this program, including Chinese scientists. This is the first direct visual evidence of black holes obtained by humans, confirming that Einstein's theory of general relativity still holds in extreme conditions. This helped explore forefront issues like galactic evolution and others.
