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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) will track the colossal black hole at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy throughout March and April with the aim of capturing footage of the swirling disc that traces out the edge of the event horizon, the point beyond which no light or matter can escape.

“Black holes have a bad rap as these evil vacuum cleaners that just suck everything up,” she said. “To me they represent the edge of our understanding of our universe, and they are endlessly fascinating. They actually play a very important role in the ecosystem of the universe.” Sera Markoff, newly appointed Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at the University of Cambridge 

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Revolutionary imaging of black hole aims to prove they are not ‘evil vacuum cleaners’
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