Whilst it’s a great achievement, I was left somewhat disappointed by the whole affair.
Listening to breakfast news this morning, apparently they used eight telescopes to collect data, collated it and created a virtual photo.
So what they’re really saying is “here’s a sketch of what we think it looks like!”
Also, if the black hole is surrounded by bright light on the edges of the event horizon, why can we see a black disc in the middle? Surely all we would see is a ball of light similar to a star?
I’m no physicist and I’d really like anyone who is and can explain it to me in layman’s terms, to do do if they’d be kind enough.