This is a photograph of the first black hole of mankind, located in a galaxy 55 million light-years from Earth

The first image of the black hole was announced by international scientists in the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) program at the press conference held at 20:00 last night, April 10, 2019 (by hour Vietnam). This image captures the light formed by dust and gas surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) located 55 million light-years from Earth.

Scientists at EHT call M87 a "monster" black hole because it is large in size with a diameter of 40 billion km, three million times larger than Earth.

This is a photograph of the first black hole of mankind, located in a galaxy 55 million light-years from Earth Picture 1

A black hole (black hole or black hole) is a spaceless space in the universe whose gravity is so great that no matter can escape, including light.

This is a photograph of the first black hole of mankind, located in a galaxy 55 million light-years from Earth Picture 2
Source: Guardian.

But thanks to an Earth-sized virtual telescope made up of a network of eight radio telescopes located in many locations around the world, from Antarctica to Spain and Chile, astronomers For the first time, it recorded the black hole event horizon.