New Supermassive Black Hole Image Explained! A Stunning First Look at Sagittarius A* (4K)

Located about 26,000 light-years away, Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the very heart of the Milky Way galaxy. Until now, this elusive object has never been seen before. This is the first-ever direct visual evidence of the enormous black hole, which is four million times more massive than our Sun. To create the image, the team used the powerful Event horizon telescope or EHT, which linked together eight existing radio observatories across the planet to form a single "Earth-sized" virtual telescope. Although we cannot see the black hole itself, glowing gas around it reveals a dark central region, called a "shadow", surrounded by a bright ring-like structure. Soon, the new James Webb space telescope will also turn its eye on Sgr A*. The $10 billion observatory won't have the resolution to directly image the black hole, however, but it will bring new capability to the study of the environment around it with its incredibly sensitive infrared instruments. This extraordinary image is the first-ever look at the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. An object that has fascinated astronomers for so long, can now be seen in all its colossal glory.

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE: In this video, I say the heated, gas in the ring is travelling at 300, 000 km per second (190, 000 miles per second)! I meant to say that it is travelling at a significant fraction of these speeds. Apologies for this small mistake! I'm only human! or am I? (plays X files music)
Located about 26, 000 light-years away, Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the very heart of the Milky Way galaxy. Until now, this elusive object has never been seen before. This is the first-ever direct visual evidence of the enormous black hole, which is four million times more massive than our Sun! What do you think of this image? Let me know below! V

[danielschmaderer]

Honestly, this image is groundbreaking. It might not look like much, but for how far it is, how many scopes are capturing the image, and how small of a spot scientists have to focus on is amazing.

[ellisonhamilton]

Black holes are both fascinating and somewhat spooky objects. Let's be glad there isn't one in our neighborhood.
Very interesting. Thank you.
You and Rolo have a stellar weekend.
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[ElderlyGold]

Absolutely jaw dropping how inconceivably huge these supermassive black holes are.

[hydrostatic]

It amazes me when those stars get close to it they speed up and whip around it until they get far enough away to slow down a little bit.

[ramachandra]

Was eagerly waiting for your video as soon as the news was announced . Excellent information as always . Thanks . This is the start of many images of our relatively gentle black hole . 🙂 .

[r_thekingslayerx]

Appreciate your efforts for back to back uploads, amazing stuff like always.

[CMONCMON]

We are practically looking at the edge of space and time and we took a photo of it...mindblowing

[kroveris]

Its easy to imagine a black hole because of all the animations and 3d models we can make to break down the mind-boggling size and behavior of such an otherworldly object. But imagine if we didn't have any of that, and all we had were the cold hard facts about black holes, unable to really imagine it otherwise. This is a breakthrough just like the first ever image of a black hole that the Event Horizon Telescope received, and its just as exciting. Gosh, I love this kinda stuff. Thank you for sharing and explaining more about how this image was collected and all the work that had to be done to do so!

[ryanblue]

Thank you for jumping on this. Utterly amazing feat to know the technology is able to see that far into space.

[arnoldgg]

To put things in perspective, the star S2 at its closest pass to Sgr A*, which is about 120 AU, reaches the speed of 8000 Km/s or 2.7% of the speed of light. At that distance, S2 is experiencing an acceleration of about 18 m/s^2 from the black hole gravity! That is about twice the acceleration at the surface of Earth, while at that point S2 is 4 times farther away from the black hole than Pluto is to Sun!

[eddymedina]

I can only imagine the exotic and chaotic environment around the black hole, what a sight to be seen.

[marywright]

It's fascinating. I would love to know more about black holes. The electromagnetics of these must be amazing

[Ajay-tfrb]

Beautiful image of the mighty Sagitarius A*

[TheStreamingEnderman]

The wonder and beauty of such terrifyingly massive things compared to us is astounding. Truly...




Haunting...

[StevieObieYT]

Wow! This picture is amazing! Who ever thought we'd be able to see the Supermassive Black Hole in the centre of our Milky Way galaxy within our lifetime? That's surreal! But an actual video will be unbelievable! We've got a lot to look forward to. And the JWST should be operational soon, at the end of the June... 😏

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[ZenSolipsist]

Wow I watched this video last night and saw the news blowing up about Sagittarius A* today. I deeply appreciate your videos and you covering this and explaining how this imaging works. Thank you for everything you do 🧡

[freddyjosereginomontalvo]

Awesome channel with awesome content and great quality as always say
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[naveenrajeee]

Hi
This is awesome picture.
Thanks for sharing.