Reuters Science News Summary


Reuters | Updated: 08-04-2019 10:27 IST | Created: 08-04-2019 10:27 IST
Reuters Science News Summary

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In astrophysics milestone, first photo of black hole expected

Scientists are expected to unveil on Wednesday the first-ever photograph of a black hole, a breakthrough in astrophysics providing insight into celestial monsters with gravitational fields so intense no matter or light can escape. The U.S. National Science Foundation has scheduled a news conference in Washington to announce a "groundbreaking result from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project," an international partnership formed in 2012 to try to directly observe the immediate environment of a black hole.

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