Working together as a `virtual telescope,` observatories around the world produce first direct images of a black hole
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

An international team of over 200 astronomers, including scientists from MIT`s Haystack Observatory, has captured the first direct images of a black hole. They accomplished this remarkable feat by coordinating the power of eight major radio observatories on four continents, to work together as a virtual, Earth-sized telescope.