What is it about?
In 2000-2001 we proposed a way to take a radio "photograph" of the black hole's shadow at the center of our Galaxy. Now, in the 2018-2019 timeframe, the first attempt to do this experimentally will have been completed, and the results should be released soon.
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Why is it important?
This discovery will confirm one of Einstein's most important and famous predictions---the existence of gravity so strong that it creates an event horizon.
Perspectives
This kind of discovery comes along only a handful of times per century. We are on the precipice of seeing the incredible outcome of one of these major advances.
Professor Fulvio Melia
University of Arizona
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This page is a summary of: Polarimetric Imaging of the Massive Black Hole at the Galactic Center, The Astrophysical Journal, July 2001, Institute of Physics Publishing,
DOI: 10.1086/322862.
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