
The first-ever image of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the distant galaxy M87 is released during a press conference held by Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SAO), in east China's Shanghai, April 10, 2019. The image of the black hole, based on observations through the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration, was unveiled in coordinated press conferences across the globe at around 9:00 p.m. (Beijing time) on Wednesday. The landmark result offers scientists a new way to study the most extreme objects in the universe predicted by Albert Einstein's general relativity.
4月10日,中國科學(xué)院上海天文臺舉行新聞發(fā)布會,在中國科學(xué)院上海天文臺臺長沈志強(qiáng)(左)主持下,上海市科學(xué)技術(shù)委員會主任張全(中)、中國科學(xué)院上海分院分黨組書記李正華(右)為人類史上首張黑洞照片揭幕。
北京時間4月10日晚9時許,包括中國在內(nèi),全球多地天文學(xué)家同步公布首張黑洞真容。這一由200多名科研人員歷時10余年、從四大洲8個觀測點(diǎn)“捕獲”的視覺證據(jù),有望證實(shí)愛因斯坦廣義相對論在極端條件下仍然成立。