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Looking up - 05 April 2019

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The astronomical image of the year, if not the decade, is that of the black hole in the galaxy Messier 87, about 55 million light years away. This is the first time an image has been taken of a black hole and this is a major engineering feat. It took 10 telescopes around the world and about 400 researchers to create this extraordinary image. To lend some context to this image is Professor Jeff Murugan, a gravitational physicist at the Mathematics Dept at the University of Cape Town.
5 Apr 2019 English South Africa Places & Travel

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