The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration released the first image of a black hole with observations of the massive, dark object at the center of Messier 87, or M87, last April. This black hole has a mass of about 6.5 billion times that of the sun and is located about 55 million light years from Earth. The black hole has been called…
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That First Black Hole Seen in an Image Is Now Called Pōwehi, at Least in Hawaii
The word, which means “adorned fathomless dark creation,” is derived from the Kumulipo, a centuries-old Hawaiian creation chant, said a professor who helped with the naming. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/science/powehi-black-hole.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…