Name: Capturing A Black Hole In Our Milky Way
Uploaded: 2022-01-01
Duration: 20 min 46 s
Description: Astronomers linked radio dishes around the world to create the “Event Horizon Telescope” and have utilized this tool to photograph a supermassive black hole in the heart of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Its name is “Sagittarius A Prime” and it is over 4 million times more massive than the Sun.

Astronomers linked radio dishes around the world to create the “Event Horizon Telescope” and have utilized this tool to photograph a supermassive black hole in the heart of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Its name is “Sagittarius A Prime” and it is over 4 million times more massive than the Sun.

Discover how astronomers linked radio dishes across the globe to build the Event Horizon Telescope and capture a direct image of the supermassive black hole at our galaxy's center. As the episode reveals what that glowing ring and dark shadow mean, it turns a landmark scientific achievement into a deeper understanding of the Milky Way.

See the Milky Way's hidden giant emerge in a ring of light.

Capturing A Black Hole In Our Milky Way

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