Meandering Vaguely Around Timnah

Even five years ago, such a proposal would not have seemed credible: Scientists gear up to take a picture of a black hole

“To see something that small and that far away, you need a very big telescope, and the biggest telescope you can make on Earth is to turn the whole planet into a telescope,” Marrone said.

To that end, the team is connecting up to 50 radio telescopes scattered around the globe…