摘要
The first-ever image of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the distant galaxy Messier 87 is unveiled during a press conferenee held by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory on April 10. The image, based on observations from the Event Horizon Telescope, a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes created by in ternational collaboration of over 200 scientists for years, was released during coordinated press conferences across the globe at 9:00 p.m., Beijing time.