The way to the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy

In 2019, Event Horizon Telescope cooperated Take the first picture of a black holeAnd earlier this year, a black hole was taken at the heart of our Milky Way.

In an article in the language of Natural Science, senior member of the collaboration – Heino Falcke, Ph.D. , from Radboud University Nijmegen – Tells the story of the journey that led to the creation of this last image.

“This was only possible because of a great collaborative effort from scholars and institutions around the world,” Dr. Falk wrote.

Using these black hole images, researchers will now be able to test basic predictions of general relativity and learn about the basic astrophysical processes that help shape entire galaxies and even the universe.