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+title: Imaging a black hole
+kind: problem
+status: solved
+tier: V3
+year: 1973
+statement: Can the shadow of a black hole's event horizon be seen?
+space: stars-and-black-holes
+---
+A planet-sized array of radio telescopes, synchronized by atomic clocks, resolved the ring of light around M87's black hole. The shadow's size matched general relativity's prediction.
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+*Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.*
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+Closed 2019, Event Horizon Telescope (M87*); 2022, Sagittarius A*.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Event Horizon Telescope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_Telescope)
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+[[Space:stars-and-black-holes|Stars and black holes]] · [[Continent:cosmos|Cosmos]]
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A planet-sized array of radio telescopes, synchronized by atomic clocks, resolved the ring of light around M87's black hole. The shadow's size matched general relativity's prediction.
Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.
Closed 2019, Event Horizon Telescope (M87); 2022, Sagittarius A.