The Sagittarius A* black hole, located at the center of the Milky Way, was photographed in May by the event horizon telescope.
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There is a black hole at the center of our universe.
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The black hole at the center of the Milky Way has never been seen in such detail before. This is the first direct image of the giant Sagittarius A*. The black hole's shadow is shown against a background of hot plasma that is falling in.
The image was taken by the event horizon telescope, a network of radio observatories spread around the globe that operate as a single, enormous telescope The first image of a black hole was created by the EHT in the year 2019.
The analysis of the data that made up both of these images was much more difficult for Sagittarius A*. Sagittarius A* is one-thousandth the mass of M87*, so the plasma spiralling into it is much closer in and moves quickly. The team may eventually be able to make a video of how Sagittarius A* changes over time.
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