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When was the first image of a black hole in the Milky Way released?
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Quick Answer
The first image of the Milky Way’s central black hole was released on 12 May 2022. It showed Sagittarius A* at the center of our galaxy.
The Full Story
On 12 May 2022, the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released the first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Sagittarius A* is about 27,000 light-years from Earth and has a mass of roughly 4 million Suns. The image was harder to produce than the M87* image because the Milky Way’s black hole changes more quickly from our point of view. It was another major test of Einstein’s theory of gravity in extreme conditions.
Key Facts
1.Released on 12 May 2022
2.Object: Sagittarius A*
3.Mass: about 4 million solar masses
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