Now that the Event Horizon Telescope has finished its 10-day observation period, many are wondering if that period has yielded the first-ever black hole photos, as was suggested in earlier reports. The observation period appears to have been completed successfully despite some challenges with weather, and some are reporting that the team behind the EHT was able to come up with an image of a black hole, just as was hoped for.
According to Complex, the team of astronomers working on the Event Horizon Telescope had spent close to a week observing Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole located in the center of the Milky Way, about 26,000 light-years away from Earth and within the Sagittarius constellation. Throughout the course of the observation, inclement weather had threatened to throw a proverbial spanner in the works, but as of Tuesday, April 11, the astronomers were able to gather enough data, which may include something that amounts to the first black hole photo ever taken.
