A Supermassive Black Hole is seen in the Middle of our Galaxy

She said, “We find a bright circle around the shadow of the black hole.” “It seems like black holes are like doughnuts,” she said.

The global consortium of astronomical observatories known as the Event Horizon Telescope captured the image. Three years ago, the project produced the very first image of a black hole in the galaxy Messier.

The black hole in the middle of the Milky Way is more than a thousand times smaller than that found in Messier 87. It is, however, the closest to home cosmically. The simultaneous media events that took place on several continents included the unveiling of the image at Washington’s National Press Club. The unveiling of the image at exactly 9:07 Eastern Time was delayed.

This achievement was made possible by the National Science Foundation thanks to contributions from over 300 scientists at more than 80 institutions, eight telescopes included. It took many years to analyze and process the data. Scientists were challenged to create a single image that matched what they had seen with their telescopes. The black hole is not static. The pandemic presented its own set of challenges.

Vincent Fish, a researcher at the MIT Haystack Observatory said that “the pandemic slowed us down, but it couldn’t stop us,” at the news conference.

It was thrilling.