Breakthrough Prize goes to scientists who captured first image of black hole

An international group of astrophysicists, who captured the first image of the black hole back in the galaxy Messier 87 in April, received the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics on Thursday. Details: https://t.co/WOjLdY76ve pic.twitter.com/4PhH1bfHxc NASA April 10, 2019 Black holes are extraordinary cosmic objects with enormous masses but extremely compact sizes. The supermassive black hole that the team captured exists at the center of the M87 galaxy and has a mass of more than six billion solar masses. Read | Sagittarius A*: Take a virtual tour into supermassive black hole heavier than 4 million suns Read | Meet Katie Bouman, the 29-year-old Harvard graduate behind the world’s first black hole image