Coursesuch a terroristsaythissupermassiveblackholelieshiddenintheshadowsofthegalaxyiscentralcoreonwhatwe'veknownaboutitsexistencewithsometime.
Theonethingwe'veneverbeenabletodoistake a pictureofitor, forthatmatter, anyblackholewakentheorizewhattheymightlooklikecloseup.
Buteventhishasbeensubjecttochange, butthecurrenttheoryisthatitshouldlooklike a blackdotsurroundedby a halooflight, whichrepresentstheblackholes, glowingaccretiondisk.
Butfromourperspective, Einsteinpredictedthatitmaybemoreof a presentthan a ringbecauseoneareaofthediscappearsbrighterthantherest.
Youtoldyoumust'veDopplereffectonthelightthatbeing a misseditbuttoknowforsurewhattheylookedlike, wemustphotograph a blackhole.
But a radicalnewtelescopewillbecomingonlineApril 2017.
Thatmaychangethat.
TheEventHorizonTelescopeisn't really a singleinchmint, butnetworkofradiotelescopesscatteredacrosstheworldwas a directknownas a verylongbaselineinterferometry, or V L.