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Image of Milky Way’s black hole marks new era in space science

U.S. House Minority Leader McCarthy leads a congressional delegation visit to Texas border, in Eagle Pass

News Wrap: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans

In our news wrap Thursday, the Jan. 6 committee in Congress subpoenaed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans, North Korea acknowledged its first COVID outbreak, Palestinians mourn journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was shot dead during an…

Biggest explosion seen in universe came from colossal black hole

The explosion was so large it carved out a crater in the hot gas that could hold 15 Milky Ways.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. This long-sought image provides the strongest evidence to date for the existence of supermassive black holes and opens a new window onto the study of black holes, their event horizons, and gravity. Photo by Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

3 major moments from the ‘golden’ decade of black holes

Astrophysicists say we’re living in “a golden age of black holes.” To help illustrate why, here are three decade-defining advancements in the ongoing effort to unravel these cosmic wonders.

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

Imaging scientist Katie Bouman watching the first reconstructed image of a black hole emerge from the Event Horizon Telescope data. Image courtesy of Katie Bouman

Katie Bouman ‘hardly knew what a black hole was.’ Her algorithm helped us see one

Imaging scientist Katie Bouman chats with the PBS NewsHour about how she crafted an algorithm that constructed the first ever photo of a black hole.

By Vicky Stein

What the first photograph of a black hole can reveal about space

A black hole is a cosmic abyss with gravity of such intensity that nothing, not even light, escapes it. Now, for the first time, a team of astronomers has released an image of the space anomaly, which is created when…

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Here is the first photo of a black hole

By Nsikan Akpan

On Wednesday, the Event Horizon Telescope released the first-ever image of a black hole, a historic moment shared by scientists spread around the world.