Astronomers have revealed the first ever close-up photo of a black hole during a groundbreaking global event.
Eight radio telescopes around the world have been pointed at two of the cosmic behemoths, one at the heart of our galaxy, the Milky Way, and another nearly 54 million light years away.
Now, after two years of acquiring and processing the data, the international team of scientists at the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) programme have presented their first results.
Media gathered for press conferences in Brussels, Washington, Santiago, Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo and Lyngby in Denmark from 2pm.
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