This article first appeared in the 2015 Physics World Focus on Astronomy and Space
Astronomers at the Event Horizon Telescope are setting up the most elaborate of shots, as they aim their global network of telescopes towards the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Tushna Commissariat investigates how it is possible to image an object that swallows everything, including light
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