54 SMITHSONIAN.COM | December 2019
PHYSICAL
SCIENCES
Sheperd
Doeleman
and the
Event Horizon
Telescope Team
Captured the
first image of a
black holeNEVER BEFORE HAD
SCIENTISTS SEEN
THE PHENOMENON
UNTIL THEY RALLIED
COLLEAGUES AROUND
THE WORLD TO VIEW A
GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAYA GLIMPSE
OF
IMPOSSIBLE
by JAY BENNETT
photographs by ADAM GLANZMAN