Is It the Eye of Sauron? No, It’s a Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy

Image caption: The Sgr A* black hole, which, when you look into it, looks also into you. Image courtesy Event Horizon Telescope collaboration. Article by Sarah Rose Sharp. Hyperallergic – May 12, 2022.

“The Eye was rimmed with fire, but was itself glazed, yellow as a cat’s, watchful and intent, and the black slit of its pupil opened on a pit, a window into nothing.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

On Thursday, May 5, a newly unveiled image of glowing entity with a dark hole in the middle made headlines. Is it the Eye of Sauron? No! It’s the first image of our Milky Way galaxy’s hometown black hole, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). […]

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