Something really cool is coming. The world is about to be presented with new information by scientists from the EHT Collaboration.
The exact contents of the announcement have been closely guarded by the scientific community, but it is being called a groundbreaking discovery in the Milky Way.
You can watch the press conference live and follow our live blog to find out what the discovery is at the same time we do.
The first-ever image of a black hole was produced by the EHT project, so we are excited to see what they have for us now.
The times are in chronological order. To see the latest updates, refresh and scroll to the bottom. New information will be added every few minutes.
The moment has arrived! We are on the edge of our seats and excited to share this huge moment in astronomy with all of you. We will be updating this website every few minutes.
Here is what we know so far about the announcement. The first image of a black hole was given to us almost three years ago. We know that the results concern our own Milky Way, which suggests that we may be about to see the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
It will be a historic moment if astronomer can produce a direct image of Sgr A*'s event horizon, so make sure you have plenty of fluids and snacks on hand. You are not going to want to miss this.
The fact that this black hole is in our home galaxy would make this announcement so cool. It is an incredibly difficult feat. Sgr A* is about 4.3 million times the mass of the Sun and is 25,800 light-years away. It would be like trying to photograph a tennis ball on the moon.
Black holes are very difficult to image at the best of times because they are invisible. Sgr A* is obscured by a cloud of dust and gas, making it difficult to study.
Sgr A* was a major target for the observing campaign. The accretion disk of the black hole is a ring of gas and dust that gives off radiation.
15 minutes to go!
The headquarters of the European Space Observatory is where the livestream is being filmed. There are announcements from Washington DC, Santiago de Chile, Mexico City, Tokyo, and Taipei.
We will be hearing from:
The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy is in Germany.
The Center for Astrophysics is located at Harvard, the US and the Netherlands.
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía is located in Spain.
Christian Fromm is a student at the University ofrzburg.
The National Institute for Nuclear Physics is in Italy.
The National Science Foundation announcement will be from Washington D.C.
The assistant professor of computing and mathematical sciences is at Caltech.
Fish is a research scientist at MIT.
Michael Johnson is an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics.
Feryal is the Professor of Astronomy and Physics at the University of Arizona.
There are many other researchers involved in this work. This has been a huge undertaking.
All of the scientists listed here work with black holes in a variety of ways.
There is a lot of buzz from the astronomy community on social media.
After 20 (long) years of preparation, observation and analysis, the EHT results on the black hole at the Milky Way's center will be announced tomorrow! https://t.co/8NDlvv6CfK
— Shep Doeleman (@ShepDoeleman) May 11, 2022
Yep I definitely could not sleep 😬 a few more hours to go! I will be on the European press conference panel to talk about the results, I'm so nervous but so excited, see you there! https://t.co/K1DHwOJGkh
— Dr. Sara Issaoun (@SaraIssaoun) May 12, 2022
Exciting new black hole image coming up tonight. My bet is that it looks like a big orange wibbly-wobbly swirly thing in space. pic.twitter.com/zJ49AINv3y
— Prof. Lisa Harvey-Smith (@lisaharveysmith) May 12, 2022
Here's a breathing view of the center of our galaxy--a mosaic of infrared & radio imagery, artfully combined by @SpaceGeck.
And in an hour, we're about to learn a whole lot more about the massive black hole at the center. https://t.co/CQ8sBuOiAg pic.twitter.com/Nw1dGSbKiI
— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) May 12, 2022
We can't wait!
A five-minute warning! There is a last chance to get those snacks.
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