In major space news, the first-ever photograph of a black hole is expected to be unveiled next Wednesday.
Six international space agencies will hold simultaneous press conferences to "present a groundbreaking result from the Event Horizon Telescope," the European Southern Observatory announced on Monday. It's widely believed that a photo showing Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole in the middle of the Milky Way, will be revealed.
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