The Event Horizon Telescope has obtained the first image of the long-theorized supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

For the first time ever, humanity can gaze at an actual photograph of a supermassive black hole. It’s an achievement that’s taken supercomputers, eight telescopes stationed around the world ...

Astronomers have released what could be the historic first images of a supermassive black hole’s event horizon. The enormous black hole is located within the large galaxy M87, and was imaged by ...

The Event Horizon Telescope actually observed two black holes during one week in April 2017: Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, and M87, which is ...

This is the first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope project. European Southern Observatory/EHT Collaboration ...

Researchers used an AI model to create a new image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, with some concern from ...

This image from the Event Horizon Telescope shows the supermassive black hole in the elliptical galaxy M87, surrounded by superheated material. (EHT Collaboration) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scientists ...

Astronomers have taken a close-up image of a jet emitted by a supermassive black hole for the first time. The Event Horizon Telescope has zoomed in on the jet with 16 times the resolution and at ...

Event Horizon Telescope spies jets erupting from nearby supermassive black hole : Read more A quote is it is the closest smbh , but it is NOT , Sag A* is , at roughly 25,000 LY . Reply ...

The monster black hole lurking at the center of galaxy M87 is an absolute beast. It is one of the largest in our vicinity and was the ideal first target for the Event Horizon Telescope. Scientists ...

Supermassive black hole mergers occur when entire galaxies merge together. Bumps and kinks in the Milky Way's disk indicate it likely collided with at least a dozen galaxies during the past 12 ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Recent analysis of M87's supermassive black hole shows it spins at about 80% of the theoretical maximum, with its accretion disk's inner edge moving at 0.14c.