Why trying to photograph a black hole was a massive gamble

The iconic first picture of a black hole, launched in 2019, would possibly by no means have occurred if not for a stroke of luck, in accordance to one of many astronomers who helped create the picture.

Speaking at New Scientist Live in London, Luciano Rezzolla at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, who’s on the manager committee of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) that created the picture, revealed that the researchers didn’t know if their efforts would repay till after …