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Lifting the veil on the black hole at the heart of our Galaxy: Results from GMVA+ALMA observations of Sgr A*
Including the powerful ALMA into an array of telescopes for the first time, astronomers have found that the emission from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) at the center of our Galaxy comes from a smaller region than previously thought...
EHT Animated Movie Now Available with Subtitles in Different Languages
This short animated movie, made in collaboration between the EHT group at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and animator Chris Jones, explains some of the nuts and bolts behind this ambitious endeavour. The movie is available on the EHT Youtube...
Seeker Video: Find out why it takes time and effort to make the world's first black hole image
In case you were wondering where the Event Horizon Telescope is at with the world's first photo of a black hole around this time, maybe this video made by Seeker at the MIT Haystack Observatory -- one of the EHT stakeholder institutions -- will help you...
Flying past a black hole in a simulator: Jordy Davelaar and colleagues observe supermassive black holes in virtual reality
At the centre of our own galaxy there is a black hole, called Sagittarius A*. In anticipation of the first actual photograph of a black hole, an international project that also involves astronomers of Radboud University, Jordy Davelaar and colleagues have...
