Scientists are poised to unveil the first picture of a black hole using a global network of radio telescopes.
Massive, ravenous, powerful beyond measure - physicists are convinced that black holes exist, even if no one has directly observed one.On Wednesday, scientists in six cities on three continents are poised to simultaneously unveil the first picture of these enigmatic giants, pieced together from data collected by a global network of radio telescopes.If the same were to happen to Earth, our planet would fit inside a thimble or a water bottle cap.
Supermassive black holes are thought to have first formed early in the history of the Universe, but their origin story remains a cypher.Australian astronomers find black hole as big as 20 billion suns Its mass is equivalent to 4.1 million Suns, and its diameter a fifth of the distance between Earth and the Sun.The other is one of the biggest black holes known to exist - six billion times more massive than the Sun, and 1,500 times more than Sag A*.READ MOREThe trade-off of size and distance means that - from Earth - both of these black holes would be roughly as easy, or hard, to detect.
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