We might be close to seeing the first-ever photograph of a black hole

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.

A black hole is an area in space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. Black holes are invisible, and it's likely the photo will show the "event horizon," which is the edge of the black hole, USA Today reports. Capturing any image of Sagittarius A would have been enormously difficult, as Science Alert says it is "shrouded in a thick cloud of dust and gas." Catherine Garcia

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