
17/06/2025
Black hole imaging
For the first time in human history, we’ve seen the unseeable. When scientists released the first image of a black hole in 2019 a glowing ring surrounding a dark abyss in galaxy M87 it wasn’t just a scientific achievement, it was a cosmic revelation. This shadow, cast by a monster 6.5 billion times the mass of our Sun, confirmed Einstein’s predictions and turned theory into something we could actually witness. Black hole imaging, using a planet-sized network of telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope, gave us a glimpse into a place where light itself gets trapped and where space and time begin to blur.