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May 2022
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How Astronomers Finally Captured a Photo...

Scientific American
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It took hundreds of researchers and many telescopes to capture an image of the black hole at the middle of our Milky Way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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