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Representatives of the European Southern Observatory reported that will be announced next week, specifically on April 10, stunning information. According to preliminary data, this high-profile news will relate to the event horizon telescope, watching the supermassive black hole “Sagittarius A *” in the center Milky Way. Many netizens felt that the observatory finally got the first shot of the “event horizon” of the black hole.
For several years now, the telescope has been looking into the very heart of our galaxies, trying to photograph “Sagittarius A *”. Do it not so simple, since black holes are literally invisible, absorbing any electromagnetic radiation. This means that any optical, radio and x-ray telescope is not able detect them. However, in theory you can see the border of black holes called the event horizon.
The event horizon is roughly spherical surface around the singularity of a black hole. Singularity in physics – an infinite density of matter, absorbing any other matter that falls into it. So beyond this no particles can be pulled out, even light. Despite it’s impossible to see a black hole, its surface can be determined along the path of rays that lose the ability to escape out.
The event horizon telescope is a network of powerful of radio telescopes at various points on Earth aimed at Sagittarius A * “. Since the beginning of this project, radio telescopes have collected tremendous the amount of data, and the only way to transfer it was to record to industrial hard drives that were transported by air. And now, having analyzed all this information, European scientists, they seem to have discovered something very remarkable, with which they want share with the public …
Telescope black hole
