How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole | SciShow News

For the first time ever we have visual confirmation that black holes actually exist and we got it with a telescope the size of our planet.

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Sources:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.11196.pdf
https://eventhorizontelescope.org/
https://eventhorizontelescope.org/science
https://eventhorizontelescope.org/technology
https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8205/page/Focus_on_EHT
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab0e85
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab0ec7
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-first-image-of-the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole
http://news.mit.edu/2016/method-image-black-holes-0606
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.1.20190411a/full/
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Images:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11948
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30507
https://eventhorizontelescope.org/
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/electromagnetic-spectrum-and-visible-light-gm667978430-121948769
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1706a/
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/flat-style-globe-design-gm1126162108-296350651
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/satellite-communication-gm183462532-27682687
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/rings-on-the-water-surface-gm157439059-10459196
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/radio-telescope-against-rising-milky-way-gm972606130-264742558
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab0e85
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab0ec7
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA16214