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Astronomers Worldwide Are About to Make a Groundbreaking Black Hole Announcement

sciencealert.com

11 pointsjacobedawson8 comments

OP here - The URL is admittedly off-putting & the date of the announcement is odd, but it appears legit:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/02/black-... https://interestingengineering.com/will-we-actually-see-a-bl... http://www.newser.com/story/273418/no-ones-ever-seen-a-black... https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann19018/?lang https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Dr20f19czeE (live stream)

Could be an elaborate joke but from what I understand it is a set of images from the Event Horizon Telescope https://eventhorizontelescope.org/ capturing Sagittarius A (the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way)

  https://www.sciencealert.com/the-event-horizon-telescope-is-about-to-make-a-hyuuuuge-announcement

That url is foolish.

The anticipation is nice, I suppose, but... telling us that there's going to be an announcement? Why don't they just, you know, make the announcement? Or, if they're not ready yet, then why don't they just not say anything yet? Announcing an announcement... don't bother. In particular, don't waste my time.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/02/black-...

It's the 3rd, so probably not a joke. I have to assume this is going to either be incredible or incredibly disappointing. But I'd love to hear some more informed speculation than my own.

April fools article? I seriously doubt this is actually happening.

It's happening.

Ok. Any other source you'd like to add? I couldn't find any, I'm assuming you had better luck. Otherwise, I'm still calling shenanigans.

https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann19018/

The posted date worries me, but I doubt ESO would make a prank on something that significant.

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