Sagittarius A*
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.
The image was produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, using observations from a worldwide network of radio telescopes.
For Scale
The object is a staggering 4 million times the mass of our Sun. And the ring is roughly the size of Mercury's orbit around our star. That's about 60 million km across.
Fortunately, this monster is a long, long way away, some 26,000 light-years in the distance.
#BlackHoles #SagittariusA #Science
@Dagmawi_Babi
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.
The image was produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, using observations from a worldwide network of radio telescopes.
For Scale
The object is a staggering 4 million times the mass of our Sun. And the ring is roughly the size of Mercury's orbit around our star. That's about 60 million km across.
Fortunately, this monster is a long, long way away, some 26,000 light-years in the distance.
#BlackHoles #SagittariusA #Science
@Dagmawi_Babi