Astronomers said here Wednesday that they captured the first image of a black hole, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of an unseeable cosmic object and its shadow.
Geoffrey Crew (L, Rear), research scientist at MIT Haystack Observatory, Violette Impellizzeri (L, Front), astronomer at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), and Xavier Barcons (R), director general of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), attend a press conference in Santiago, capital of Chile, on April 10, 2019. Astronomers said here Wednesday that they captured the first image of a black hole, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of an unseeable cosmic object and its shadow. (Xinhua/Jorge Villegas)Photo provided by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) shows the first image of the black hole. (Xinhua/EHT)
