Earth-sized virtual telescope to study supermassive black hole at center of Milky Way

In astronomy, much like many other other aspects of life, bigger is better. Taking this adage to heart, astronomers at the University of Arizona are helping to build a virtual radio telescope the size of the Earth itself. With a resolution factor more than a thousand times greater than that of the Hubble Space Telescope, the new Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) will be used to study in fine detail the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way. .. Continue Reading Earth-sized virtual telescope to study supermassive black hole at center of Milky Way

Section: Space

Tags: Antarctic, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Smithsonian, Supermassive black hole, Telescope, University of Arizona

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