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Lifting the veil on the black hole at the heart of our Galaxy

Including the powerful ALMA into an array of telescopes for the first time, astronomers have found that the emission from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) at the center of our Galaxy comes from a smaller region than previously thought. This may indicate that a radio jet from Sgr A* is pointed almost […]

Scientists set to capture first-ever image of a Black Hole

Al Jazeera News: Science & Technology – 13 April 2017 Over the past week, astronomers have trained a network of telescopes around the world at a single point at the centre of our galaxy to finally catch a glimpse of a black hole. For five days, eight telescopes will point at one small spot in […]

A Person Falling Into A Black Hole Would Be Spaghettified

A Person Falling Into A Black Hole Would Be Spaghettified If a person were able to survive long enough to describe the journey falling into a black hole, he/she would at first experience weightless as he/she goes into free fall, but then feel intense “tidal” gravitational forces as he/she gets closer to the black hole. […]