Scientists Hope to Actually See a Black Hole in 2018

Fountains of hot gas erupting from a beastly black hole in the heart of a large galaxy known to radio astronomers as Hercules A. https://public.nrao.edu/mediause

For the first time since theoretical physicists predicted their existence, scientists think they might actually get to see a black hole in 2018.

Astronomers have detected signs of black holes—observed the giant interstellar gas clouds they attract and the distortion of space they cause. In 2008 scientists hope to actually see the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.