The first image of the black hole was awarded a $ 3 million 'Science Oscar'

A group of 347 scientists who participated in research to find the first image in black hole history has been awarded the prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

According to AFP, on September 5, the breakthrough prize in basic physics, one of the categories of the Breakthrough Prize , also known as the "Scientific Oscar" worth $ 3 million went to a group of 347 scientists who found the first image of a black hole.

The image of a black hole discovered by the Event Horizon Telescope Cooperation Project - (Image: AFP)

Nearly 350 scientists have joined the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration , an astronomical observatory program focusing on supermassive black holes in the center. galactic centers.

On April 10 this year, the Event Horizon Telescope project drew special attention to the public by announcing the first image of a supermassive black hole surrounded by an orange halo.

Chairing the Event Horizon Telescope Project is Mr. Shep Doeleman, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

The team spent 10 years creating a model of the Earth-equivalent virtual computer telescope by combining signals from eight radio telescopes that work in pairs. all around the world.

Through this technique, they were able to obtain images with unprecedented resolution and for the first time in history, they observed the black hole's shadow, confirming the theoretical predictions with objects. in this universe.

This year is the 8th year that a breakthrough award was awarded. This is a prize created by entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley to honor the world's leading scientists.

The owners of this award in other categories such as life sciences, mathematics will also receive $ 3 million.

The awards ceremony will take place on November 3 at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, USA.

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