Lat May 12, 2022, a collaboration of scientists announced a truly exciting find: the photo of Sagittarius A*, the name of the supermassive black hole located in the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy. How exactly did they take a photo of something that supposedly has gravity so strong that not even light can escape its grasp?
How Did We Take a Photo of the Milky Way’s Own Black Hole?
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