Space: In April 2019 the Event Horizon Telescope published the…

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Did you know? In April 2019 the Event Horizon Telescope published the first ever photo of a black hole — in the galaxy M87, 53 million light years away. The photo required 8 telescopes worldwide, 5 petabytes of data and 3 years of processing. The black hole is 6.5 billion times heavier than the Sun.

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In April 2019 the Event Horizon Telescope published the first ever photo of a black hole — in the galaxy M87, 53 million light years away. The photo required 8 telescopes worldwide, 5 petabytes of data and 3 years of processing. The black hole is 6.5 billion times heavier than the Sun.

In april 2019 publiceerde de Event Horizon Telescope de allereerste foto van een zwart gat — in de melkweg M87, 53 miljoen lichtjaar weg. De foto vereiste 8 telescopen wereldwijd, 5 petabytes data en 3 jaar verwerking. Het zwarte gat is 6,5 miljard keer zwaarder dan de zon.

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