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First photo of our own black hole

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At the center of the Milky Way:

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https://www.quantamagazine.org/black-hole-image-reveals-sagittarius-a-20220512/

Here's a video I made with Space Engine a little while ago:



Cool shit.
 
Sometimes referred to as a sinkhole.
 
Im pretty sure I could knock that thing out if I landed clean with my right
 
I saw that same image at a recent Brian Cox talk last week. It was pretty cool.

By studying black holes, scientists are trying to tie together the very small with the very large. The very small being quantum entanglement. The very large being the force of gravity.
 
I saw that same image at a recent Brian Cox talk last week. It was pretty cool.

By studying black holes, scientists are trying to tie together the very small with the very large. The very small being quantum entanglement. The very large being the force of gravity.

Cool. It was released today though.
 
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