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An image of a black hole

January 8, 2016 Updated 13.41 clock GMT

Astronomers are preparing to take the first photo of the boundary of a black hole - its "event horizon."

The Event Horizon Telescope is configured * to create a portrait of Sagittarius A, in the center of the Milky Way, the top 2017th

Prof Feryal Ozel of the University of Arizona spoke to the science reporter Jonathan Webb in the project - and gave its opinion on the special effects of the black hole, we made ​​films such as interstellar.

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