1st image of our Milky Way’s black hole may be inaccurate, scientists say.

What does the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy look like? It’s a deceptively simple question. Although our local cosmic abyss, named Sgr A* (short for Sagittarius A*), resides just 26,000 light-years from Earth, it has proven to be a very difficult object to image. This is thanks in part to material whipping around it at near light-speeds. However, after years of trying, scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project succeeded in 2022.The black hole’s silhouette emerged from the shadows, appearing like a fuzzy orange doughnut. Yet now, an independent analysis of the EHT data suggests part of the image’s doughnut-like appearance may be an artifact due to the way it was put together. This discovery owes itself to  a trio of scientists at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).

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1st image of our Milky Way’s black hole may be inaccurate, scientists say

First Image of Milky Way Black Hole May Be Actually Be Entirely Wrong