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Seeing the Unseeable Source:  ETH Historic Achievement in Astrophysics An international scientific team has released the first photo of a black hole.  This is a landmark achievement in astrophysics.  And, this photo is said, by experts, to give strong support to the late physicist Albert Einstein's 1915 theory of general relativity to explain the laws of gravity. Intergalactic Mystery Masses Black holes are huge, mysterious masses at the center of every galaxy.  They're created by stars collapsing into themselves at the end of their life cycles.  The one in the photo is millions to billions times larger than the sun.  It's located 54 million light years from the earth. Inescapable Black holes are so large and their gravitational field is so intense, nothing including light can escape them.  That is why until now it has been so difficult to photograph them.  They are virtually unseeable.  Today's achievement is the result of an ...

Mystery Masses at the Center of Every Galaxy Courtesy:  NASA Artist Rendering Gravitational Field So Intense Nothing Can Escape History will be made on Wednesday, April 10.  The first photo of a blackhole in outer space is scheduled to be released by a team of international scientists.  The photo will show a giant blackhole millions to billions of times larger than the sun.  This is a milestone in astrophysics coming from the international team at Event Horizon Telescope (EHT).  They utilize a global network of telescopes and have been working on this for years.  What they're delivering is a first - truly intergalactic innovation. Mystery Masses that Scientists Know Little About Blackholes are so large and their gravitational field is so powerful experts say nothing including light can escape them.  That's why until now it's been impossible to get a photo of one - they can't be seen. They form when stars collapse in on themselves at th...