Peering Into the Magnetic Soul of the Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope has captured an image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarized light, revealing strong, organized magnetic fields similar to…
Event Horizon Telescope News
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a global network of radio telescopes that collaborates to create a planet-sized interferometer capable of measuring the properties of black holes. By synchronizing facilities across the world, including telescopes in Hawaii, Spain, and Antarctica, the EHT utilizes a technique known as very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) to achieve the high resolution necessary to observe objects at black hole event horizons. This project gained worldwide attention in April 2019 when it produced the first-ever image of a black hole, specifically the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87. This historic image, showing a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a dark region (the shadow of the black hole), confirmed many theoretical predictions about the nature of black holes and marked a significant achievement in the field of astrophysics. The EHT continues to refine its imaging techniques and expand its network, aiming to provide even more detailed insights into the dynamics and environment surrounding black holes.
First Direct Visual Evidence That the Object in the Center of the Milky Way Is Indeed a Black Hole
Astronomers reveal the first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy. It is the first direct visual evidence of a ring-like…
You’ve Seen the New Image of the Milky Way’s Black Hole – Now Hear It!
This is a sonification — translation into sound — of the latest image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) of the supermassive black hole at…
First-Ever Image of the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
Team reveals first image of the black hole at our galaxy’s heart. An international team of more than 300 scientists from 80 institutions has created…
Stunning Reveal: First Image of the Black Hole at the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy
Today, at simultaneous press conferences around the world, including at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) headquarters in Germany, astronomers have unveiled the first image of…
Meet Sagittarius A* – Astronomers Reveal First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way
Today (May 12, 2022), at simultaneous press conferences around the world, including at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) headquarters in Germany, astronomers have unveiled the…
Groundbreaking Milky Way Results From the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration – Watch Live
Update: Stunning Reveal: First Image of the Black Hole at the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy Today (May 12, 2022) at 9:00 a.m. EDT…
The First Black Hole Image: A Gravitomagnetic Monopole as an Alternative Explanation
New research suggests alternative explanations for the massive compact object at the center of the galaxy M87 questioning if this could contain gravitomagnetic monopole. The…
World’s Most Powerful Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole
Scientists have coordinated observations of many of the world’s most powerful telescopes of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87. In April 2019, the…
Not All Theories Can Explain the Gargantuan Black Hole M87*
Scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration use data that produced the first image of a black hole to constrain its…
Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole Across the Entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement…
Astronomers’ Polarized Image Shows Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87’s Black Hole
New image of M87 reveals how it looks in polarized light. MIT Haystack Observatory is one of the 13 stakeholder institutions that constitute the Event…
Powerful Magnetic Fields Surrounding Black Hole Are Strong Enough to Resist Gravity
Wits University astrophysicists are the only two scientists on African continent that contributed to the study. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, a multinational team…
Event Horizon Telescope Images Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87’s Supermassive Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, which produced the first-ever image of a black hole, has today revealed a new view of the massive object…
Event Horizon Telescope Reveals Turbulent Black Hole Evolution: Wobbling Shadow of the M87 Black Hole
Analysis of the event horizon telescope observations from 2009-2017 reveals turbulent evolution of the M87 black hole image. In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)…
First Image of a Black Hole Named Science’s 2019 Breakthrough of the Year
Honoring a feat that was once considered impossible, Science has named the Event Horizon Telescope’s image of a supermassive black hole as its 2019 Breakthrough…
Event Horizon Telescope Awarded Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Nearly 30 MIT-affiliated researchers will share in the prize, while David Jay Julius ’77 wins Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences; assistant professor of physics Max…
Astronomers Reveal First Direct Visual Evidence of a Supermassive Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration — was designed to capture images of…