Yesterday, scientists made it possible for the first time to see what they call a “beautiful giant” sitting in the center of our galaxy, the “Milky Way”, and published a picture of a black hole with a large mass that swallows anything. . which is within its gravitational range.

The black hole, named Sagittarius A, is the second black hole photographed. This unique work was carried out through the same mechanism of collaboration with the internationally relied on the Event Horizon telescope, which in 2019 showed the first-ever image of a black hole in the center of another galaxy.

At a press conference in Washington, astronomer Ferial Ozil praised what he called “the first direct image of the beautiful giant in the center of our galaxy,” showing a glowing red, yellow, and white ring around an increasingly dark center.

The black hole is 4 million times larger than the Sun and is located at a distance of 26,000 light years from Earth. (A light year is a measure of distance, equal to 9.5 trillion kilometers.)

Black holes are objects of extraordinary density with so much gravity that even light cannot escape them, making them difficult to observe.

The image was taken by the Event Horizon Telescope, a global network of observatories that work together to monitor radio sources associated with black holes.

He showed a ring of light-discontinuous superhot matter and radiation that rotates very rapidly along the edge of the event horizon-around a dark region that is a real black hole. This is called the shadow or silhouette of a black hole.

Its visualization has been difficult due to its dynamic environment, which includes gas vortices.

The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy containing at least 100 billion stars. When viewed from above or below, it resembles a rotating fan with our Sun in one of the spiral arms and Sagittarius A in the middle.