Snapping Sagittarius A*: How scientists captured the first image of our galaxy’s black hole

This is the first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. © EHT Collaboration/National Science Foundation/Handout via REUTERS

On May 12, scientists from the international research team called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration unveiled the first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole located at the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy.

This was the result of observations conducted using a global array of radio telescopes that form the EHT.