New Virtual Telescope Zooms In On Milky Way's Super-massive Black Hole
Sunday, September 7, 2008 - 17:21
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have obtained the closest views ever of what is believed to be a super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The astronomers linked together radio dishes in Hawaii, Arizona and California to create a virtual telescope more than 2,800 miles across that is capable of seeing details more than 1,000 times finer than the Hubble Space Telescope.
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