BLACK HOLES IN SOPHISTICATEDSIMULATIONS OF WHAT SCIENTISTSAND SOMETIMES MOVIE MAKERSTHINK THEY LOOK LIKE.THIS IS WHAT A BLACK HOLELOOKS LIKE IN AN IMAGE CAPTUREDAFTER ANEFFORT THAT SPANNED SIXTELESCOPE LOCATIONS, YEARS OFWORK, AND SCIENTISTS IN 20COUNTRIES.'IT WAS JUST ASTONISHMENT ANDWONDER AND I THINK ANYSCIENTIST IN ANY FIELD WOULDKNOW WHAT THAT FEELING IS TO SEESOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

TOKNOW YOU'VE UNCOVERED PARTOF THE UNIVERSE THAT WAS OFFLIMITS TO US."EINSTEIN SAID BLACK HOLES WOULDHAVE GRAVITY SO POWERFUL THEY'DBEND THE FABRIC OF SPACE ANDTIME AND BE ABLE TOKEEP ANYTHING, INCLUDING LIGHTFROM ESCAPING THEIR GRIP.THE IMAGE OF MATTER SURROUNDINGTHE EDGE OF THE BLACK HOLECONFIRMS EINSTEIN BY FORMING THENEAR PERFECT CIRCLE HEPREDICTED.

THE BLACK HOLE ITSELFIS IN THE CENTER AND INVISIBLE.THE IMAGE IS ACTUALLY ADEPICTION OF INVISIBLE RADIOWAVES EMITTED AROUND THE BLACKHOLE.TO RECEIVE THEM, SCIENTISTS LIKEUA ASTRONOMY PROFESSOR DANBARRONE TIED TOGETHER EIGHTRADIO TELESCOPES AT SIXLOCATIONS.THE RESULT WAS AS IF A RECEIVINGDISH WAS THE SIZE OF THE EARTH.ONE LOCATION WAS ON ARIZONA'SMOUNT GRAHAM.

ANOTHER WAS ATTHE SOUTH POLE.

UA DOCTORALSTUDENT JUN HAN KIM WORKED ONTHAT ONE.JUN HAN KIM: "SO WE HAD TO CLIMBUP TO THE TELESCOPE FORINSTALLATION AND TESTING SO ITWAS MOSTLY OUTDOOR WORK."BUT IT WAS SUMMER THERE SO ONLYABOUT 30 BELOW ZERO.THE TELESCOPES COLLECTED FIVETHOUSAND TRILLION BYTES OF DATA.SCIENTISTS LIKE U OF A'S CK CHANADAPTED GPU'S--GRAPHICSHARDWARE FOR HIGH END VIDEOGAMES TO TURN DATA INTOPICTURES.CK CHAN: "ARIZONA WE ARE THEFIRST GROUP TO USE GPUS TOSIMULATE A BLACK HOLE IMAGE."NOW THE PROJECT IS WORKING PASTTHE FIRST VIEW OF A BLACK HOLETOTIE IN MORE TELESCOPES ANDCREATE A SHARPER VIEW.

CRAIGSMITH, KGUN9 ON YOUR SIDE.