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INTERVIEW – FIRST BLACK HOLE PHOTO CONFIRMS EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY

INTERVIEW – FIRST BLACK HOLE PHOTO CONFIRMS EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY

The Jet Set Breakfast

April 28, 201911m 5s

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Dr. Yjan Gordon- research scientist in astrophysics at the University of Manitoba in Canada

First black hole photo confirms Einstein’s theory of relativity

Black holes are long-time superstars of science fiction. But their Hollywood fame is a little strange given that no-one has ever actually seen one – at least, until now. If you needed to see to believe, then thank the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which has just produced the first ever direct image of a black hole. This amazing feat required global collaboration to turn the Earth into one giant telescope and image an object thousands of trillions of kilometres away.