First Images of Black Hole

M87 Black Hole

first-blackhole Source: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

This image of the M87* black hole is mankind’s first ever image of black hole. It was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a network of eight linked telescopes, in 2019.

Sagittarius A* Black Hole

blackhole Source: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

This is the first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, captured by EHT in 2022.

Black Hole From Interstellar

intersteller Source: Paramount Picture

This is the image of black hole from Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, released in 2014. Now that we have the real images, the Interstellar visualizations were actually really good representations that look quite similar to the real ones.