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  1. Apr 10

    On a personal note... I’ve been working on this for 20 years, since my first paper in 2000 making the first ever prediction of image sizes of nearby black holes. Such a sweet moment that’s been long time in the making...

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  3. Apr 11

    An experiment like the really takes a village (or a globe?) This NYT article is trying to shed some light on that.

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  4. Apr 6

    According to the predicted size of the shadow is about 2x the size of the resolution... So please don't expect to see a fancy hires picture like the "artist's impressions" currently shown everywhere. It'll rather look something like this...

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  5. 26 minutes ago

    This is a BIG DEAL! Why? Well, for starters it’s the first one - ever! Learn all about the elusive in this episode of with ! To watch, click HERE:

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  6. Apr 10

    In just 5 hours you are going to witness thr first ever image of the Black hole at the centre of our But along with the Sagittarius A* of our galaxy there’s a second target too for the Event Horizon Telescope( ), and that is the Black Hole at the centre of galaxy M87.

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  7. 21 hours ago

    Freshly baked science: a session on the first results at the APS April meeting, Denver.

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  8. Apr 10

    Also included some throwback photos to when I visited one of the telescopes used for in Spain last Autumn. Really gives a sense of scale as this is not even the biggest dish used!📡 (2/2)

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  9. Apr 10

    First ever direct image of a black hole! The supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 -- 6.5 billion times as massive as the Sun! The image is better than I expected!

    A glowing ring, brighter on the bottom, with a dark region in the middle
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  10. 5 hours ago

    Yo it seriously sounded and felt like a tornado rolled through

  11. Apr 10

    This is M87* and this the first image of a black hole! Mass is 6.5 Billion suns within size of a solar system. Precious because real. Waited 25 years for this. Dark shadow is where light disappears in . We see something never seen before.

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    Except only the iPhone Xs image is genuine. Some images must simply not be pimped

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  13. Apr 10

    6 billion solar masses THIS IS A BLACK HOLE EVERYONE

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  14. Apr 10

    Q for black hole astronomers.... what exactly is the orientation of M87* with respect to Earth? Are we seeing it "side on" or "top down" in layman's terms? Any idea what it would look like from the other view? I'm skimming the paper, but I'm getting myself mixed up.

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  15. Apr 10

    Eppur si muove, Eppur si muove!!! This is simply gorgeous. I felt goosebumps when I looked at the image during the press release. Science is simply amazing. I always dreamed about this moment before becoming an . Dreams come true! :)

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  16. Apr 8

    Tweet of the year

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  17. Apr 14

    Mistery Quantum without segrets, after this photos. So, what about the warped photons events in ?

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  18. Apr 10

    This photo of the black hole is awesome, but wait... Enhance! Hmm, enhance! One more time, enhance! Whoa. The biggest Cinnamon Raisin Bagel in the world, and it's still hot!

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  19. 27 minutes ago

    and projects are good examples of how the science can unify nations through their scientists collaboration.

  20. Apr 10

    The last photon orbit of the M87 supermassive black hole. From te US / NSF feed on the Event Horizon Telescope press conference, now live.

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  21. Apr 10

    Today, the Event Horizon Telescope team will release the first ever image of a black hole :-) Below is a simulation of what an active black hole looks like. Thanks for it!

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    An event horizon is an empty shadow. Event Horizon Telescope looks for hot material thrown around by the black hole to see the shadow in contrast. The more active the black hole, the more dramatic the scene. Simulation from EHT. Tomorrow, the real thing. Woa.
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