BlackHoleCam Scientists as part of the Event Horizon Telescope Consortium contributed to obtain the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. This long-sought image provides the strongest evidence to date for the existence of supermassive black holes and opens a new window onto the study of black holes, their event horizons, and gravity. Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

BlackHoleCam is a EU-funded project to finally image, measure and understand astrophysical black holes. Our research will test fundamental predictions of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity (GR). The BlackHoleCam team members are active partners of the global Event Horizon Telescope Consortium. BHCam is a project funded through a “Synergy Grant” awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) to a team of European astrophysicists, in partnership with the Event Horizon Telescope project and other international partners.