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First-ever image of the black hole ‘shadow’ at the heart of the Milky Way revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope

12 May 2022
First glimpse: astronomers have managed to take an image of the surroundings of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way (courtesy: EHT collaboration)
Astronomers working on the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have captured the first image of the “sha

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