April 10, 2019

2019-04-10 00:00 UTC

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The first photograph of a black hole

The first photograph of a black hole
Photo: en:NASA, en:STScI, en:WikiSky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The Event Horizon Telescope releases an image of the shadow at the centre of M87.
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When exactly did the first photograph of a black hole take place?
It is recorded at 2019-04-10 00:00 UTC — April 10, 2019 in Coordinated Universal Time. Every minute in this registry is stored in UTC so it reads the same anywhere in the world.
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SHA-256 fe73bd749af26330be44935b96bbc45fcedbc1026cc90a5f8b8e788a17c07f27

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