--- title: "The Black Hole Telescope Scientists Are Hyping Something Huge" description: "The Event Horizon Telescope project, which brought us the first-ever image of a black hole back in 2019, is back for its latest announcement this month." date: "2022-05-02" modified: "2022-05-02" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/black-hole-telescope-hyping-something-huge" categories: - "Astrophysics" - "Black Holes" - "Science & Energy" - "Space" tags: - "Black holes" - "event horizon" - "Sagittarius A*" - "the digest" --- # The Black Hole Telescope Scientists Are Hyping Something Huge ![The Event Horizon Telescope project, which brought us the first-ever image of a black hole back in 2019, is back for its latest announcement this month.]() *\Image: EHT\* ## Ground Breakers The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project, which brought us the [first-ever image of a black hole]() back in 2019, is back for its latest [announcement]() this month — and they're promising something "groundbreaking," including "extensive supporting audiovisual material." Chances are that the presentation, scheduled for May 12, could give us tantalizing new insights into Sagittarius A\*, the supermassive black hole suspected to be lurking at the center of the Milky Way that the EHT team has been studying for years now, [according to *Science Alert*](). ## Black Hole Peepin' While it's exceedingly unlikely we'll get a direct glimpse of the black hole itself — after all, black holes swallow all radiation, including light — we may get a glimpse of its event horizon, the bounding area beyond which light can no longer escape. Sagittarius A\* is far closer than the black hole the team imaged in 2019, which was at the center of the galaxy M87 some [55 million light-years away](). But it's also much smaller, measuring in at "only*"* 4.3 million times the size of the Sun, and only a *measly* 26,000 light-years from Earth. While it's far closer, though, it also happens to be shrouded in a dense cloud of dust and gas. The EHT is an international collaboration of astrophysicists exploring the immediate environment surrounding a black hole, insights that could fundamentally rewrite our understanding of the cosmos. We still don't know what the EHT project will surprise us with later this month, but we can't wait to find out. **READ MORE:** [Astronomers Are About to Make a Massive Announcement About Something in The Milky Way]() \[*Science Alert*\] **More on black holes:** *[Hairy Black Holes Key to Solving Paradoxes of Universe]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()