According to space, the event horizon telescope (EHT) has found something incredible in the Milky Way - something its team calls "breakthrough"** But we won't know what this discovery is until Thursday (May 12).
The EHT team is already online preview The discovery, but the full announcement will be released at a series of press conferences hosted by institutions around the world at 9 a.m. EST on May 12. The discovery of the galaxy will also be broadcast live online for public viewing. After the press conference, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) will hold independent question and answer groups, which will also be broadcast online.
Eht is a network of radio telescopes around the world, mainly studying black holes. In 2019, eht also announced a new discovery, resulting in the first ever image of a black hole. Whatever the discovery is, it must be exciting. The following are the details of the webcast, which will broadcast the announcement of EHT and the subsequent Q & a session.
9 a.m. EST May 12
The National Science Foundation of the United States will hold a press conference in Washington, D.C( https://beta.nsf.gov/blackholes ) And the foundation's Facebook page Live online video on.
3 p.m. Central European daylight time on May 12
The European Southern Observatory, which operates some of the facilities involved in the observation of the event horizon telescope, will hold a press conference in Garching Bei m ü nchen on the outskirts of Munich, Germany. The live video will be on ESA website And its YouTube channel Play on.
8 a.m. central North American daylight time on May 12
Conacyt, Mexico's national science agency, will hold a press conference in Mexico City and will be on the agency's YouTube channel.
9:00 p.m. CLT on May 12 (1:00 p.m. GMT)
The joint Alma Observatory, composed of NRAO / NAOJ / ESO's Atacama large millimeter / submillimeter array (ALMA) and ESO's Atacama Pathfinder experiment (APEX), will hold a press conference in vitakula, Chile. Both of them participated in the observation activities of the event horizon telescope. People can visit Alma Observatory website Watch the live broadcast on.
10:30 am EST May 12
After the main announcement, NSF will hold a question and answer meeting with a group of EHT researchers. The meeting will be held at NSF website And the foundation's Facebook page Play online on.
4:30 pm CET May 12
ESO will also hold a Q & a session with the EHT research team, which can be accessed by the public on its YouTube channel Watch on the.