The history books will mark Wednesday, April 10 as the day humanity got its first look at a black hole. “And it is one of the heaviest black holes that we think exists. 'You have probably seen many, many images of black holes before,' said Falcke at the press briefing.
The history books will mark Wednesday, April 10 as the day humanity got its first look at a black hole.
“We’ve been studying black holes so long, sometimes it’s easy to forget that none of us have actually seen one,” said France Cordova, director of the National Science Foundation at the D.C. conference, one of seven concurrent briefings in cities including Brussels, Shanghai and Tokyo. "You have probably seen many, many images of black holes before," said Falcke at the press briefing."But they were all simulations or animations. And this is precious to all of us, because this one is finally real."
— Heino Falcke April 10, 2019 Black holes are invisible, dense remnants of a large star that died in a supernova explosion, according to NASA. Their intense gravity field pulls in everything around it, including light.
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