<p class="title">A language professor has given a Hawaiian name — Powehi — to the black hole depicted in an image produced in a landmark experiment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday that University of Hawaii-Hilo Hawaiian Professor Larry Kimura named the cosmic object.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The world's first image of a black hole revealed Wednesday was created using data from eight radio telescopes around the world.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The newspaper reports the word meaning "the adorned fathomless dark creation" or "embellished dark source of unending creation" comes from the Kumulipo, an 18th Century Hawaiian creation chant.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Astronomers say giving it a Hawaiian name was justified because the project included two telescopes in Hawaii.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jessica Dempsey, a co-discoverer of the black hole, says the word is an excellent match for the scientific description she provided to Kimura. </p>
<p class="title">A language professor has given a Hawaiian name — Powehi — to the black hole depicted in an image produced in a landmark experiment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday that University of Hawaii-Hilo Hawaiian Professor Larry Kimura named the cosmic object.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The world's first image of a black hole revealed Wednesday was created using data from eight radio telescopes around the world.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The newspaper reports the word meaning "the adorned fathomless dark creation" or "embellished dark source of unending creation" comes from the Kumulipo, an 18th Century Hawaiian creation chant.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Astronomers say giving it a Hawaiian name was justified because the project included two telescopes in Hawaii.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jessica Dempsey, a co-discoverer of the black hole, says the word is an excellent match for the scientific description she provided to Kimura. </p>