You’ve probably got a glimpse of how the black hole looks like, the most mysterious object in the universe, thanks to the movie Interstellar, which was an imitation of unprecedented scientific accuracy. However, there isn’t any definite picture of what it looks like in the real world. But, that’s about to change.
Mid-2017, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, also known as ALMA, which is one of the world’s largest radio telescope arrays, along with eight other telescopes around the world, will aim towards the center of the Milky Way, around 25,000 light years from Earth, in an attempt to capture the first-ever image of a black hole. This procedure is a part of an astronomy project called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT).
According to a report by Motherboard.Vice, the EHT, which has been designed by an international team, led by MIT scientist Shep Doeleman, is a global telescope network that uses a technique called interferometry to synthesize astronomical data from multiple sources, each with its own maser. As the ALMA has been added to these radio telescopes, the network will now be ten times more responsive.
The team believes that these telescopes have firepower to penetrate the interstellar gases that cloak their targets: supermassive black holes, points out the report. Black Holes, were formed when the universe began. And having a glimpse of it might be one of the greatest scientific discoveries. As Doeleman said, “We don’t know what we’re going to see. Nature can be cruel. We may see something boring. But we’re not married to one outcome—we’re going to see nature the way nature is.”
What is a Black Hole?
A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much, that even light cannot get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. This can happen when a star is dying. Scientists think the smallest black holes are as small as just one atom. These black holes are very tiny but have the mass of a large mountain.
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