Space

2019 brought us the first image of a black hole. A movie may be next

The Event Horizon Telescope team is gearing up for more discoveries

black hole M87 first image

The black hole at the center of the galaxy M87 came into view this year.

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

By Lisa Grossman

- More than 2 years ago

Black holes are notoriously bashful beasts. The supermassive monsters that dwell at the centers of galaxies weigh millions to billions of times the mass of the sun and control the fates of everything in their vicinity, including light.