Now that they can observe these bizarre objects directly, experts say we can expect an avalanche of new observations — and new cosmic discoveries. - NBCNewsMACH
, making the match an impressive vindication of the famous physicist’s ideas.
The picture doesn’t reveal what happens at the event horizon, the theoretical “surface” of a black hole. The event horizon is one of the strangest predictions of Einstein’s relativity, the point of no return where time comes to a standstill. So far, the Event Horizon Telescope observations cannot confirm even the existence of an event horizon.
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