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The Event Horizon Telescope just gave us an image of the Black Hole at the heart of our galaxy!



"Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. This result provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole and yields valuable clues about the workings of such giants, which are thought to reside at the centre of most galaxies. 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."

Astronomers Reveal First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of Our Galaxy

Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. This result provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole and yields valuable clues about the workings of such giants, which are thought to reside at the...

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Sagittarius A* - Wikipedia

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[West Texas CEO]

Bumping this thread, because Event Horizon Telescope gave us an image of the Black Hole at the heart of our galaxy

I didn't think I'd live long enough to see something like this, but here it is.

 

[EviLore]

Split to its own thread. Amazing news!

 

[Rentahamster]

That's a very impressive feat of cooperation and technology.

 

[Rentahamster]

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Really makes you think.

 

[Pakoe]

Stuff like this keeps amazing me. I can't even comparerend what it takes to do such a thing.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Cool as hell.

 

[p_xavier]

Astronomy for me is the ultimate hope. The universe is so grand that parts of me just says it's so perfect that it must have been intelligent design. Not so fun fact: I always wanted to be an astronomer, I even won a job opportunity in 2010 in the field (but seems that a Ph.D. wasn't a diploma for the 22yo at the time HR woman, so I never could start the job because of that imbecile).

 

[Nobody_Important]

That's amazing.

 

[Mobilemofo]

See that black hole? That's our government that is.

 

[mansoor1980]

i want to enter it

 

[MadAnon]

When you think about it, we wouldn't even be able to exist without black holes.

 

[LordCBH]

Goddam thsts really fucking cool

 

[haxan7]

i want to enter it

 

[Zeroing]

i want to enter it

According to the 2 movies I saw, either your body burst into "soup" or you appear behind a bookshelf.
I do not think it is a good idea...

 

[jezhumphrey75]

Really makes you think.

about?

 

[Zeroing]

Ohhhh I got it now "black hole"

 

[haxan7]

Ohhhh I got it now "black hole"

i wasn't even trying to be dirty, i just don't want to be sucked into a black hole for all eternity

 

[EviLore]

Great overview by Veritasium, as expected.

 

[Zeroing]

i wasn't even trying to be dirty, i just don't want to be sucked into a black hole for all eternity

I think our bodies would not handle that type of gravity. You would die instantly ...

 

[haxan7]

I think our bodies would not handle that type of gravity. You would die instantly ...

I'm not taking any chances.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

about?

The size of the universe and stuff.

 

[Zeroing]

I'm not taking any chances.

Unless they put you on a space rocket and shoot you into the black hole, you are safe.

Spoiler: Homoerotic joke

Do not worry if you want to experience better type of black hole, you know where to find me

 

[MaestroMike]

When you think about it, we wouldn't even be able to exist without black holes.

why not? I remember reading space is like a piece of paper are black holes the rips in the paper ??

 

[strange headache]

 

[Kilau]

i want to enter it

 

[Pagusas]

I feel these threads help to have some context of in sky location of what we're talking about.

 

[Rentahamster]

Spoiler: Homoerotic joke

Do not worry if you want to experience better type of black hole, you know where to find me

And here I was assuming that you bleach your anus.

 

[TGO]

See that black hole? That's our government that is.

 

[farmerboy]

Really makes you think.

Me too. I like to think that the reason the universe is so big and mysterious is that an infinite universe gives us something to do in an eternal afterlife.

Imagine being able to freely wander around observing the entirety of creation and seeing all its wonders and mysteries.

 

[Rival]

The size and distances of things like this always blows my mind and I always get sad knowing there is so much out there that we will never know or understand but it’s fascinating.

 

[Pejo]

This was a really good post on reddit about this picture and details surrounding it. I found it more informative than some of the articles.

 

[Pagusas]

Also to further help people understand radio telescope images, here is what the planets look like when done via RTI:

I always like to add bits of context and examples to threads like this, never know when a new little scientist will be inspired by this stuff

 

[Craig of War]

There is 1 in every galaxy it a vital part of the universe

 

[Doom85]

Hope those astronomers didn’t look at the photos for too long. Otherwise they’ll eventually be all:

 

[darrylgorn]

Ah good, another Sagittarius A*

 

[Vicetrailia]

Astronomy for me is the ultimate hope. The universe is so grand that parts of me just says it's so perfect that it must have been intelligent design. Not so fun fact: I always wanted to be an astronomer, I even won a job opportunity in 2010 in the field (but seems that a Ph.D. wasn't a diploma for the 22yo at the time HR woman, so I never could start the job because of that imbecile).

The universe is so layered in how it works that nothing intelligent has the creativity to make it, just like the human body. It's simply too granular to have the creativity to design it. But it is also flawed so we have to do things to prevent it from making itself less efficient, like reducing swelling in order to heal faster.

 

[Billbofet]

Wow

 

[Porcile]

I'd fuck it. No lie. A hole is a hole.

Also,

Spoiler: facts

your momma's is bigger

 

[SJRB]

I feel that even with a 10-minute video explaining the triumph of this image I can still barely process the magnitute or scale of what I'm actually seeing.

It's so insane. Space is crazy.

 

[Zeroing]

Ah good, another Sagittarius A*

That is how my friends describe me.

I feel that even with a 10-minute video explaining the triumph of this image I can still barely process the magnitute or scale of what I'm actually seeing.

It's so insane. Space is crazy.

Yes it is, a bit off topic, the photos of the Apollo missions on the moon always scared me because the rules of photography, meaning light and reflections etc are not the same as on earth...

We are tiny grains of dust and knowing what we are seeing now in space is actually the past is even mind blowing.

 

[mekes]

Yes I can feel it

 

[BigBooper]

Very cool. Can we launch a car into it?

 

[GymWolf]

That's a big firey asshole alright.

 

[Kadve]

Ah good, another Sagittarius A*

It's pronounced "(The) Sagittarius A Star"

It was originally "discovered" trough a radio signal coming from the Sagittarius constellation. This signal was named Sagittarius A and as this was in 1933 and before Black Holes were really known, the source of the signal was believed to be some kind of unknown type of star. Hence the "Sagittarius A Star".

The name was kept when we learned it came from a (until recently) hypothetical black hole.

As for why the *? Just some geek humour that took on a life of its own. Robert Brown started using it in 1982 because the radio source was "exciting", and the excited states of atoms are denoted with asterisks.

 

[nkarafo]

Also to further help people understand radio telescope images, here is what the planets look like when done via RTI:

I always like to add bits of context and examples to threads like this, never know when a new little scientist will be inspired by this stuff

As a filthy casual i mostly care about images of the visible light. I like the feeling of being close to a far away object, looking at it.

 

[RJMacready73]

Blackholes are insanely impressive, they range from pinpricks right upto sizes that us monkeys simply cant wrap our heads around.. Ton 618, the largest we've found to date is simply staggering in size..

 

[Artoris]

Blackholes are insanely impressive, they range from pinpricks right upto sizes that us monkeys simply cant wrap our heads around.. Ton 618, the largest we've found to date is simply staggering in size..

One could call that a bit loose

 

[West Texas CEO]

One could call that a bit loose

Not with the size of my dick.