First Ever Black Hole Image Earns Researchers a $3 Million Prize
When you buy through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . seize the first direct image of a shameful hole earned a team of investigator with the Event Horizon Telescope ( EHT ) an " Oscar of Science " — the 2020 Breakthrough Prize — along with $ 3 million . The EHT team received the pureness " for the first image of a supermassive smutty trap , taken by way of an Earth - sized alliance of telescopes , " dirty money interpreter say in a statement ....