Event Horizon Telescope Prepares To Take First Black Hole Picture

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A simulation of what astronomer might see by looking at the event horizon by C-K Chan/D Psaltis/F Oze

Next year, astronomers will attempt something that has never been done before. They will try to photograph a black hole, but not just any black hole: Sagittarius A* – the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.