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This file of a handout photo received on February 27, 2017 from Sheffield University shows an artists rendering of the tidal disruption event in F01004-2237, which is 1.7 billion light years from Earth. The release of gravitational energy as the debris of the star is accreted by the black hole leads to a flare in the optical light of the galaxy.
From Europe to the South Pole, via Chile and Hawaii, eight telescopes have been simultaneously pointed at the center of our galaxy since April 7, 2017 to try and capture an image of a black hole, as part of a project called Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). (Photo by Mark A. Garlick/AFP Photo/Sheffield University)
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